tone in WordNet English dictionary

1. utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
   "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
   tone  chant  intone 
   
2. vary the pitch of one's speech
   tone  inflect  modulate 
   
3. give a healthy elasticity to
   "Let's tone our muscles"
   tone  tone up  strengthen 
   
4. change to a color image
   "tone a photographic image"
   tone 
   
5. change the color or tone of
   "tone a negative"
   tone 
   

1. the general atmosphere 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"
   spirit  tone  feel  feeling  flavor  flavour  look  smell 
   
2. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
   "the singer held the note too long"
   note  musical note  tone 
   
3. a steady sound without overtones
   "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"
   tone  pure tone 
   
4. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (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"
   timbre  timber  quality  tone 
   
5. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
   "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
   shade  tint  tincture  tone 
   
6. a musical interval of two semitones
   tone  whole tone  step  whole step 
   
7. (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
   "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
   tone 
   
8. 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"
   tone 
   
9. the quality of a person's voice
   "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
   tone  tone of voice 
   
10. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
    "the doctor tested my tonicity"
    tonicity  tonus  tone