Definitions for tones

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tones tone

Spelling: [tohn]

IPA: /toʊn/

Tones is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in tones (enost).

Definitions for tones

noun

1. any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
2. quality or character of sound.
3. vocal sound; the sound made by vibrating muscular bands in the larynx.
4. a particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice as expressive of some meaning, feeling, spirit, etc.:
5. an accent peculiar to a person, people, locality, etc., or a characteristic mode of sounding words in speech.
6. stress of voice on a syllable of a word.
7. Linguistics. a musical pitch or movement in pitch serving to distinguish two words otherwise composed of the same sounds, as in Chinese.
8. Music. a musical sound of definite pitch, consisting of several relatively simple constituents called partial tones, the lowest of which is called the fundamental tone and the others harmonics or overtones. an interval equivalent to two semitones; a whole tone; a whole step. any of the nine melodies or tunes to which Gregorian plainsong psalms are sung.
9. a quality of color with reference to the degree of absorption or reflection of light; a tint or shade; value.
10. that distinctive quality by which colors differ from one another in addition to their differences indicated by chroma, tint, shade; a slight modification of a given color; hue:
11. Art. the prevailing effect of harmony of color and values.
12. Physiology. the normal state of tension or responsiveness of the organs or tissues of the body. that state of the body or of an organ in which all its functions are performed with healthy vigor. normal sensitivity to stimulation.
13. a normal healthy mental condition.
14. a particular mental state or disposition; spirit, character, or tenor.
15. a particular style or manner, as of writing or speech; mood:
16. prevailing character or style, as of manners, morals, or philosophical outlook:
17. style, distinction, or elegance.

Verb phrases

1. tone down, to become or cause to become softened or moderated: Painting. to make (a color) less intense in hue; subdue.
2. tone up, to give a higher or stronger tone to. to gain or cause to gain in tone or strength:
3. tone (in) with, to harmonize in tone or coloring; blend:

verb (used with object)

1. to sound with a particular tone.
2. to give the proper tone to (a musical instrument).
3. to modify the tone or general coloring of.
4. to give the desired tone to (a painting, drawing, etc.).
5. Photography. to change the color of (a print), especially by chemical means.
6. to render as specified in tone or coloring.
7. to modify the tone or character of.
8. to give or restore physical or mental tone to.

verb (used without object)

1. to take on a particular tone; assume color or tint.

Origin of tones

1275-1325; Middle English (noun) Latin tonus Greek tónos strain, tone, mode, literally, a stretching, akin to teínein to stretch

Examples for tones

"Not quite," answered the girl in a listless, toneless voice.

His face was set and stern, and his voice hard and toneless.

"I wait, and bam-by they bring her back," continued Rina in her toneless voice.

The toneless voice was as bitter for Rhoda to hear as the accusations.

Did she not seem too meditative, enclosed, toneless, at her age?

"I have taken his jewellery," she said in her toneless voice.

"Yes, Doctor," she said in a toneless voice as she turned and left the room.

"In my traveling bag," the girl told him in a toneless voice.

His voice was low, toneless, and singularly devoid of emotion.

In a weak and toneless voice she kept on telling them to do as they thought hest.