What is the meaning of tone?

noun

• The quality of a person's voice.
  • usage: "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
  • synonyms: tone of voice
• Linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages. (
  • usage: "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
• Music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound. ()
  • usage: "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
  • synonyms: timbre, timber, quality
• The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people.
  • usage: "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
  • synonyms: spirit, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
• A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color.
  • usage: "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
  • synonyms: shade, tint, tincture
• A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound.
  • usage: "the singer held the note too long"
  • synonyms: note, musical note
• A steady sound without overtones.
  • usage: "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"
  • synonyms: pure tone
• The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. That facilitate response to stimuli.
  • usage: "the doctor tested my tonicity"
  • synonyms: tonicity, tonus
• A musical interval of two semitones.
  • synonyms: whole tone, step, whole step
• The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author.
  • usage: "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"

verb

• Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically.
  • usage: "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
  • synonyms: chant, intone
• Vary the pitch of one's speech.
  • synonyms: inflect, modulate
• Change the color or tone of.
  • usage: "tone a negative"
• Change to a color image.
  • usage: "tone a photographic image"
• Give a healthy elasticity to.
  • usage: "Let's tone our muscles"
  • synonyms: tone up, strengthen