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Tone



noun
1.
(A vocal or musical sound, its quality, one of the sounds or notes in a musical scale, style or manner of speaking or writing, spirit; general character; quality; normal, healthy condition of the body; general effect of combined colors as in a painting, tint or shade of a particular color; natural healthy functioning of bodily organs) shrill tone សូរ, tone of voice របៀបនិយាយ​ឬសរសេរ (សប្បាយ ខឹង ។ល។), (language has) tones សំឡេងខ្ពស់ទាប, picture has a dull tone ទឹកពណ៌
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) សូរ, ឬសរសេរ (សប្បាយខឹង ។ល។)
3.
(វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) កំលាំងកន្ត្រាក់នៃសាច់ដុំ, សូរសំលេង
verbpast tense: toned ; past participle: toned ; present participle: toning ;
1.
~ something down បន្ថយភាពតានតឹង, ធ្វើអោយអន់, បន្ធូរ
2.
~ something up ធ្វើអោយភ្លឺចិញ្ចាចឡើង, ធ្វើអោយកាន់តែស្វាហាប់ឡើង
3.
(TRANSITIVE) (To give tone or quality to; to modify color or general effect of, as in photograph, to tune, instrument) tone it with yellow ដាក់ពណ៌បន្ថែម
  • tone color
    - គុណភាពនៃសូរ
  • tone language
    - សំដី (របៀបនិយាយ ឬសរសេរ)
  • tone of proposal
    - គុណភាពនៃសំណើ
  • tone poem
    - កាព្យមហោរី
  • tone up
    - ដាក់ពណ៌អោយភ្លឺឡើង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.
2.
Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.
3.
A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone.
4.
A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.
5.
The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone.
6.
The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.
7.
A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.
8.
That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
9.
Tonicity; as, arterial tone.
10.
State of mind; temper; mood.
11.
Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.
12.
General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners.
13.
The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone.
14.
Quality, with respect to attendant feeling; the more or less variable complex of emotion accompanying and characterizing a sensation or a conceptual state; as, feeling tone; color tone.
15.
Color quality proper; -- called also hue. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade.
16.
The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture.
verbpast tense: toned ; past participle: toned ; present participle: toning ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To utter with an affected tone.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment.