tone

Words with a similar base: intone, pure_tone, tone, tone_of_voice, tone_up, whole_tone

'tone'

[tone.n.01] as in: the quality of a person's voice

Examples:
he began in a conversational tone
he spoke in a nervous tone of voice

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'tone'

[tone.n.02] as in: (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages

Examples:
the Beijing dialect uses four tones

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'tone'

[timbre.n.01] as in: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

Examples:
the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet

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'tone'

[spirit.n.02] as in: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

Examples:
the feel of the city excited him
a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
it had the smell of treason

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'tone'

[shade.n.02] as in: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

Examples:
after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted

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'tone'

[note.n.03] as in: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

Examples:
the singer held the note too long

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'tone'

[tone.n.07] as in: a steady sound without overtones

Examples:
they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies

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'tone'

[tonicity.n.01] as in: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc.

that facilitate response to stimuli

Examples:
the doctor tested my tonicity

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'tone'

[tone.n.09] as in: a musical interval of two semitones

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'tone'

[tone.n.10] as in: the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author

Examples:
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

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'tone'

[tone.v.01] as in: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

Examples:
The students chanted the same slogan over and over again

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'tone'

[tone.v.02] as in: vary the pitch of one's speech

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'tone'

[tone.v.03] as in: change the color or tone of

Examples:
tone a negative

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'tone'

[tone.v.04] as in: change to a color image

Examples:
tone a photographic image

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'tone'

[tone.v.05] as in: give a healthy elasticity to

Examples:
Let's tone our muscles

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Origins

					tone (English)
├── ton (French)
│   ├── tonus (Latin)
│   │   └── τόνος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
│   │       └── τείνω (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
│   └── tuus (Latin)
└── tone (Middle English (1100-1500))

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