Definition of "Tone" :

noun: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

noun: (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages

"The Beijing dialect uses four tones."

noun: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

"The muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet."

noun: 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."

noun: a steady sound without overtones

"They tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies."

noun: a musical interval of two semitones

noun: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

noun: the quality of a person's voice

"He began in a conversational tone."

noun: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

"A clergyman improved the tone of the meeting."

noun: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli

verb: give a healthy elasticity to

"Let's tone our muscles."

verb: change to a color image

"Tone a photographic image."

verb: change the color or tone of

"Tone a negative."

verb: vary the pitch of one's speech

verb: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically