tone
noun
[ təʊn ]
• a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.
• "they were speaking in hushed tones"
Similar:
timbre,
sound,
sound quality,
voice,
voice quality,
colour,
tone colour,
tonality,
resonance,
ring,
• the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
• "my friend and I lowered the tone with our oafish ways"
Similar:
mood,
quality,
feel,
style,
note,
air,
attitude,
character,
spirit,
flavour,
grain,
temper,
humour,
effect,
tenor,
vein,
drift,
gist,
• a basic interval in classical Western music, equal to two semitones and separating, for example, the first and second notes of an ordinary scale (such as C and D, or E and F sharp); a major second.
• "the B flat clarinet's part is written one tone higher than the pitch required"
• the particular quality of brightness, deepness, or hue of a shade of a colour.
• "stained glass in vivid tones of red and blue"
Similar:
harmonize,
go,
go well,
blend,
fit,
coordinate,
team,
accord,
match,
suit,
complement,
tint,
shade,
colour,
hue,
tinge,
cast,
tincture,
• (in some languages, such as Chinese) a particular pitch pattern on a syllable used to make semantic distinctions.
• the normal level of firmness or slight contraction in a resting muscle.
• "a reduction of muscle tone"
tone
verb
• give greater strength or firmness to (the body or a muscle).
• "push-ups help tone your abs"
• give (a monochrome picture) an altered colour in finishing by means of a chemical solution.
• "it's a good idea to sepia tone the whole print first"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Greek tonos ‘tension, tone’, from teinein ‘to stretch’.
