tone, v.
(toned, tones, toning)
(toned, tones, toning)
give a healthy elasticity to
<verb.body>
strengthen tone tone up
sample sentences
"Let's tone our muscles"verb frames
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
change to a color image
<verb.change>
tone
sample sentences
"tone a photographic image"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
change the color or tone of
<verb.change>
tone
sample sentences
"tone a negative"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
vary the pitch of one's speech
<verb.communication>
inflect modulate tone
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
chant intone tone
sample sentences
"The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"verb frames
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verb frames
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Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym