Definitions
1.nounA specific pitch.
2.noun(in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
3.noun(in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
4.nounThe character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
5.nounGeneral character, mood, or trend."Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening."
6.nounThe pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
7.nounA whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice."Children often read with a tone."
8.nounThe manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
9.nounState of mind; temper; mood.
10.nounThe shade or quality of a colour.
11.nounThe favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours."This picture has tone."
12.nounThe definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
13.nounThe state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
14.nounNormal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
15.nounA gun
16.verbTo give a particular tone to
17.verbTo change the colour of
18.verbTo make (something) firmer
19.verbTo harmonize, especially in colour
20.verbTo utter with an affected tone.