verb
- Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically.
- usage: "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
- Vary the pitch of one's speech.
- Change the color or tone of.
- usage: "tone a negative"
- synonyms: tone
- Change to a color image.
- usage: "tone a photographic image"
- synonyms: tone
- Give a healthy elasticity to.
- usage: "Let's tone our muscles"
- synonyms: tone, tone up, strengthen
adjective
- Having or characterized or distinguished by tone or a specific tone; often used in combination.
- usage: "full-toned"; "shrill-toned"; "deep-toned"
- Having or distinguished by a tone; often used in combination.
- usage: "full-toned"; "silver-toned"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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