Definition of Tone

Noun: tone town

The quality of a person's voice
"he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice";
- tone of voice
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
"the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice, noise or musical sound)
"the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet";
- timbre, timber [non-standard], quality
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
"a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting";
- spirit, feel, feeling, flavor [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], look, smell
A quality of a given colour that differs slightly from another colour
"after several trials he mixed the tone of pink that she wanted";
- shade, tint, tincture
A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- note, musical note
A steady sound without overtones
"they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies";
- pure tone
The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
"the doctor tested my tone";
- tonicity, tonus
A musical interval of two semitones
- 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
"the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behaviour I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome"

Verb: tone town

Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
"The students toned the same slogan over and over again";
- chant, intone
Vary the pitch of one's speech
- inflect, modulate
Change the colour or tone of
"tone a negative"
Change to a colour image
"tone a photographic image"
Give a healthy elasticity to
"Let's tone our muscles";
- tone up, strengthen