- 3. Temper, mood, state of mind.
- 4. Vigor, strength, energy, force, tension, elasticity.
- 5. Prevailing color (of a picture), general effect, style, manner, cast.
- 6. Tenor, drift, prevailing character, spirit.
Tone down.
- 1. Give a lower tone to.
- 2. Moderate, relax, diminish, weaken, soften.
- 3. (Painting.) Soften, bring colors into harmonious relations.
Toneless, a. Unintonated, aspirated, atonic, surd, pronounced with a simple breathing, without tone, without vocality, not sonant.
Tone up. Make more intense, heighten, strengthen, give a higher tone to.
Tong, n. Tongue, catch of a buckle.
Tongo, n. Mangrove (Rhizophora).
Tongue, n.
- 1. Language, dialect.
- 2. Talk, discourse, speech.
- 3. Nation, race.
- 4. Tong, catch of a buckle.
- 5. Projection, projecting part.
Tongue-shaped, a. (Bot.) Linguiform.
Tonic, n.
- 1. Strengthening medicine.
- 2. (Mus.) Key, key-note, first note of the scale, fundamental note.