Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)tone, tone of voicethe quality of a person's voice“he began in a conversational tone”,
“he spoke in a nervous tone of voice” (n)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” (n)timbre, timber, quality, tone(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” (n)spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smellthe 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” (n)shade, tint, tincture, tonea quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color“after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted” (n)note, musical note, tonea notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound“the singer held the note too long” (n)tone, pure tonea steady sound without overtones“they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies” (n)tonicity, tonus, tonethe elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli“the doctor tested my tonicity” (n)tonethe 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” Verbs
(v)tone, chant, intoneutter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically“The students chanted the same slogan over and over again” (v)tonechange the color or tone of“tone a negative” (v)tonechange to a color image“tone a photographic image”