tone

nouns

the quality of a person's voice
"he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
tone, tone of voice
is derived from
intonate
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
"the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
tone
is derived from
tonal
is derived from
tonic
is derived from
intonate
domain category
the scientific study of language
linguistics
is a type of (narrower)
the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
pitch
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
"the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
quality, timber, timbre, tone
is derived from
tonal
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
"the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
"after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
shade, tincture, tint, tone
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
"the singer held the note too long"
musical note, note, tone
is derived from
tonic
a steady sound without overtones
"they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"
pure tone, tone
is derived from
tonal
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
"the doctor tested my tonicity"
tone, tonicity, tonus
is derived from
tonic
a musical interval of two semitones
step, tone, whole step, whole tone
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 behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome"
tone
is a type of (narrower)
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
"the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
quality

verbs

utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
"The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
chant, intone, tone
vary the pitch of one's speech
inflect, modulate, tone
change the color or tone of
"tone a negative"
tone
is derived from
toner
is derived from
toner
is a type of (narrower)
change color, often in an undesired manner
"The shirts discolored"
color, colour, discolor, discolour
change to a color image
"tone a photographic image"
tone
is derived from
toner
is a type of (narrower)
add color to
"The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
give a healthy elasticity to
"Let's tone our muscles"
strengthen, tone, tone up