1. (n.)tone any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones.
2. tone quality or character of sound.
3. tone vocal sound; the sound made by vibrating muscular bands in the larynx.
4. tone a particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice.
5. tone an accent peculiar to a person, people, locality, etc., or a characteristic mode of sounding words in speech.
6. tone a pitch or movement in pitch serving to distinguish two words otherwise composed of the same sounds, as in Chinese.
7. tone the pitch, relative pitch, or change in pitch of a syllable, word, phrase, etc.
8. tone a musical sound of definite pitch, consisting of several partial tones, the lowest being the fundamental and the others the harmonics or overtones.
9. tone a quality of color with reference to the degree of absorption or reflection of light; a tint or shade; value.
10. tone a slight modification of a given color; hue.
11. tone the prevailing effect of harmony of color and values.
12. tone the normal state of tension or responsiveness of the organs or tissues of the body.
13. tone that state of the body or of an organ in which all its functions are performed with healthy vigor.
32. tone to gain or cause to gain in tone or strength.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME (n.) < L tonus < Gk tónos cord, band, pitch, tone, der. of teínein to stretch)
Definition of 'tone'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)tone, tone of voice the quality of a person's voice "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
2. (noun)tone (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
3. (noun)timbre, timber, quality, tone (music) the distinctive property of a complexsound (a voice or noise or musical sound) "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
4. (noun)spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell the generalatmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
5. (noun)shade, tint, tincture, tone a quality of a givencolor that differs slightly from another color "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
6. (noun)note, musical note, tone a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musicalsound "the singer held the note too long"
7. (noun)tone, pure tone a steadysound without overtones "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"
8. (noun)tonicity, tonus, tone the elastictension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli "the doctor tested my tonicity"
9. (noun)tone, whole tone, step, whole step a musicalinterval of two semitones
10. (verb)tone 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"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome"
11. (verb)tone, chant, intone utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
12. (verb)tone, inflect, modulate vary the pitch of one's speech
13. (verb)tone change the color or tone of "tone a negative"
14. (verb)tone change to a color image "tone a photographic image"
15. (verb)tone, tone up, strengthen give a healthy elasticity to "Let's tone our muscles"
3. tone a sound or beep that signals sth Leave your message after the tone.
4. tone a color or shade of a color skin tone; decorated in muted tones
5. tone how firm your skin, body, etc. is excellent muscle tone
Definition of 'tone'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)tone sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone
3. (noun)tone a whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regularrise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone
4. (noun)tone a sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has goodhigh tones
Sense: (the quality of) a sound, especially a voice He spoke in a low/angry/gentle tone; He told me about it in tones of disapproval; That singer/violin/piano has very good tone.
Definitions of tone 
Afrikaans: toon
Arabic: نَغْمَه، طَنين
Bulgarian: тон
Brazilian: tom
Czech: tón, zvuk
German: der Ton
Danish: tone
Greek: τόνος, ήχος
Spanish: tono
Estonian: toon, kõla
Farsi: صدا
Finnish: äänensävy
French: ton
Hebrew: נִימָה
Hindi: तान
Croatian: ton, boja glasa
Hungarian: hang; tónus
Indonesian: suara
Icelandic: tónn
Italian: tono
Japanese: 声の調子
Korean: 소리
Lithuanian: tonas
Latvian: tonis
Malay: nada
Dutch: toon
Norwegian: klang, tone(fall)
Polish: ton
Persian: صدا
Pashto: غاړه، لحن، ږغ: لهجه ( دوي
Portuguese: tom
Romanian: ton, timbru
Russian: тон; тембр
Slovak: tón, zvuk
Slovenian: ton
Serbian: ton
Swedish: ton, tonfall
Thai: คุณภาพของเสียง
Turkish: ton (ses)
Taiwanese: 音調，語調
Ukrainian: тон
Urdu: آواز
Vietnamese: giọng
Chinese: 音调，语调
