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toned adjective [ təʊnd ]

• having firm and well-defined muscles.
• "her toned physique"
• having a particular colour or shade; tinted.
• "toned paper"
• having a musical or vocal sound of a specified pitch, quality, or strength.
• "a rich-toned string instrument"
• having a particular character or attitude.
• "your responses are lightly toned but very perceptive"

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’.


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