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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Tone \Tone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Toning.]
1. To utter with an affected tone.
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2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See
Tune, v. t.
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3. (Photog.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required
shade of color, as by chemical treatment.
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To tone down.
(a) To cause to give lower tone or sound; to give a lower
tone to.
(b) (Paint.) To modify, as color, by making it less
brilliant or less crude; to modify, as a composition
of color, by making it more harmonius.
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Its thousand hues toned down harmoniusly. --C.
Kingsley.
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(c) Fig.: To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the
striking characteristics of; to soften.
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The best method for the purpose in hand was to
employ some one of a character and position
suited to get possession of their confidence,
and then use it to tone down their religious
strictures. --Palfrey.
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To tone up, to cause to give a higher tone or sound; to
give a higher tone to; to make more intense; to heighten;
to strengthen.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Tone \Tone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Toning.]
1. To utter with an affected tone.
2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See
Tune, v. t.
3. (Photog.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required
shade of color, as by chemical treatment.
To tone down.
(a) To cause to give lower tone or sound; to give a lower
tone to.
(b) (Paint.) To modify, as color, by making it less
brilliant or less crude; to modify, as a composition
of color, by making it more harmonius.
Its thousand hues toned down harmoniusly. --C.
Kingsley.
(c) Fig.: To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the
striking characteristics of; to soften.
The best method for the purpose in hand was to
employ some one of a character and position
suited to get possession of their confidence,
and then use it to tone down their religious
strictures. --Palfrey.
To tone up, to cause to give a higher tone or sound; to
give a higher tone to; to make more intense; to heighten;
to strengthen.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
toning
Swedish n.
1 c (l en toning) (usually of hair)
2 c the result of (l sv toning) (usually hair)
3 c (lb sv cinematography) fading
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
toning
n.
Use of colour; tone.
vb.
(present participle of en tone nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
toning
Swedish n.
1 c (l en toning) (usually of hair)
2 c the result of (l sv toning) (usually hair)
3 c (lb sv cinematography) fading
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
toning
Swedish n.
1 c (l en toning) (usually of hair)
2 c the result of (l sv toning) (usually hair)
3 c (lb sv cinematography) fading
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
toning
n.
område där en färg mycket fint övergår i en annan färg
From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]
toning
n.
område där en färg mycket fint övergår i en annan färg
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Toning /tˈəʊnɪŋ/
التنغيم
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
toning /tˈəʊnɪŋ/
abtönend, tönend
see: tone, toned
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
toning /tˈəʊnɪŋ/
toniranje
From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-deu ]
toning /tˈoːnɪŋ/
Tönung
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈtoʊnɪŋ/
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