TONES

n. sound, ring; atmosphere

v. give a sound or ring; give a color or tint; give a healthy elasticity to

Tone may refer to: MusicTheoryPitch (music), the perceived frequency of a note or sound (see also pure tone)Note, the name of a pitchWhole tone, or major second, a commonly occurring musical intervalTimbre, the quality of a musical note or sound that distinguishes different types of sound production
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Noun
1. the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
(synonym) tone of voice
(hypernym) manner of speaking, speech, delivery
(hyponym) note
(derivation) intonate, intone
2. (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
(hypernym) pitch
(derivation) inflect, modulate
(classification) linguistics
3. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
(synonym) timbre, timber, quality
(hypernym) sound property
(hyponym) resonance
(derivation) inflect, modulate
(classification) music
4. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
(synonym) spirit, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
(hypernym) atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
(hyponym) Hollywood
5. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
(synonym) shade, tint, tincture
(hypernym) color, colour, coloring, colouring
(hyponym) undertone, tinge
6. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"
(synonym) note, musical note
(hypernym) musical notation
(hyponym) tonic, keynote
(member-holonym) scale, musical scale
7. a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"
(synonym) pure tone
(hypernym) sound, auditory sensation
(hyponym) harmonic
8. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"
(synonym) tonicity, tonus
(hypernym) tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
(hyponym) catatonia
(derivation) tone up, strengthen
(classification) muscle, muscular tissue
9. a musical interval of two semitones
(synonym) whole tone, step, whole step
(hypernym) interval, musical interval
10. the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author; "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome"
(hypernym) quality
Verb
1. utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
(synonym) chant, intone
(hypernym) talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
2. of one's speech, varying the pitch
(synonym) inflect, modulate
(hypernym) talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
(derivation) timbre, timber, quality
3. change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"
(hypernym) discolor, discolour, colour, color
(derivation) shade, tint, tincture
4. change to a color image; "tone a photographic image"
(hypernym) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
(derivation) shade, tint, tincture
5. give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"
(synonym) tone up, strengthen
(hypernym) exercise, work out
(derivation) tonicity, tonus

n. sound, tone, pip, note; intonation, rise and fall of the voice in speech; clay, type of soil used to make pottery and bricks, soil which contains high percentage of silicates of aluminum

brightness