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Word: tone
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Meaning:
Noun:
- music (''in a Gregorian chant'') A recitational melody.
- biology Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- biology The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
- linguistics The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
- literature The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
- music A specific pitch.
- music (''in the diatonic scale'') An interval of a major second.
- The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus
- The shade or quality of a colour.
Source: Wiktionary
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Verb:
- intransitive to harmonize, especially in colour
- transitive to change the colour of
- transitive to give a particular tone to
- transitive to make (something) firmer
Source: Wiktionary
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