Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 49
Toluric (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of three isomeric crystalline acids, C9H10ON.CO2H, which are toluyl derivatives of glycocoll.
Tolutation (n.) A pacing or ambling. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Toluyl (n.) (Chem.) Any one of the three hypothetical radicals corresponding to the three toluic acids.
Compare: Stilbene
Stilbene (n.) [See Stilbite.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large, fine crystals; -- called also diphenyl ethylene, toluylene, etc.
Toluylene (n.) (Chem.) Same as Stilbene.
Toluylene (n.) (Chem.) Sometimes, but less properly, tolylene.
Tolyl (n.) (Chem.) The hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C6H4, regarded as characteristic of certain compounds of the aromatic series related to toluene; as, tolyl carbinol.
Tolylene (n.) (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristic of certain toluene derivatives.
Tolypeutine (n.) (Zool.) The apar.
Tom (n.) The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]
Tom (n.) A familiar contraction of Thomas, a proper name of a man.
Tom (n.) The male of certain animals; -- often used adjectively or in composition; as, tom turkey, tomcat, etc.
Tom (n.) (Ethnic slur) Offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites [syn: Tom, Uncle Tom].
Tom (n.) Male cat [syn: tom, tomcat].
Tom (n.) Male turkey [syn: turkey cock, gobbler, tom, tom turkey].
TOM, () T-Online Messenger (T-Online, IM)
Tomahawk (n.) [C] （北美印第安人的）戰斧 [C] A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
Tomahawked (imp. & p. p.) of Tomahawk.
Tomahawking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tomahawk.
Tomahawk (v. t.) 用戰斧砍（或劈、斬） To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
Tomahawk (n.) Weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians [syn: {tomahawk}, {hatchet}].
Tomahawk (v.) Cut with a tomahawk.
Tomahawk (v.) Kill with a tomahawk.
Tomahawk (n.), WI -- U.S. city in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 3770
Housing Units (2000): 1696
Land area (2000): 7.438294 sq. miles (19.265092 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.399116 sq. miles (3.623694 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.837410 sq. miles (22.888786 sq. km)
FIPS code: 80125
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 45.474463 N, 89.731454 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 54487
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tomahawk, WI
Tomahawk
Tomahawk (missile) (n.) 戰斧巡弋飛彈（Tomahawk cruise missile，制式型號BGM-109）是一種長程、全天候、具有短翼、以次音速巡弋飛行的飛彈。1972年由通用動力公司開始研發，1983年推出服役。戰斧巡弋飛彈設計上是一種中到遠距離，低空飛行，並且以模組化設計，能夠自陸地，船艦，空中與水面下發射。雷神與麥道都獲得過生產合約共同生產。美國海軍（USN）向雷神公司 (Raytheon) 提出最後一份戰斧巡弋飛彈(Tomahawk cruise missile)的訂單，宣告在完成這份合約後，戰斧飛彈將結束延續40年的生產歷史。 由詹氏防衛網(Jane’s Defense )報導，這份合約是在4月27日簽定的，採購100枚戰斧飛彈改良第4型(Block IV)，總價1.43億美元。這批飛彈具備全方位垂直發射能力，可安裝在勃克級神盾驅逐艦上，主要任務是遠程對陸地攻擊之用。預計全部生產將會在2020年8月完成。[1]
The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile that is primarily used by the United States Navy and Royal Navy in ship and submarine-based land-attack operations. Introduced by General Dynamics in the 1970s, it was initially designed as a medium- to long-range, low-altitude missile that could be launched from a surface platform. Since then, it has been upgraded several times with guidance systems for precision navigation. In 1992–1994, McDonnell Douglas Corporation was the sole supplier of Tomahawk Missiles and produced Block II and Block III Tomahawk missiles and remanufactured many Tomahawks to Block III specifications. [5] In 1994, Hughes outbid McDonnell Douglas Aerospace to become the sole supplier of Tomahawk missiles. It is now manufactured by Raytheon. [6] In 2016, the U.S. Department of Defense purchased 149 Tomahawk Block IV missiles for $202.3 million. [1]
The missile is named after the tomahawk.
Tomaley (n.) The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline.
Toman (n.) A money of account in Persia, whose value varies greatly at different times and places. Its average value may be reckoned at about two and a half dollars.
Tomatoes (n. pl. ) of Tomato.
Tomato (n.) (Bot.) The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family ({Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.
Tomato gall (Zool.), A large gall consisting of a mass of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of grapevines.
They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly ({Lasioptera vitis).
Tomato sphinx (Zool.), The adult or imago of the tomato worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called also tomato hawk moth. See Illust. of Hawk moth.
Tomato worm (Zool.), The larva of a large hawk moth ({Manduca quinquemaculata, Protoparce quinquemaculata, Sphinx quinquemaculata, or Macrosila quinquemaculata) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also tomato hornworm and potato worm, and in the Southern U. S. tobacco fly.
Tomato (n.) Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable.
Tomato (n.) Native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties [syn: tomato, love apple, tomato plant, Lycopersicon esculentum].
Tomb (n.) A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. -- Shak.
Tomb (n.) A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead. "In tomb of marble stones." -- Chaucer.
Tomb (n.) A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. -- Shak.
Tomb bat (Zool.), Any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species ({Taphozous perforatus).
Tombed (imp. & p. p.) of Tomb.
Tombing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tomb.
Tomb (v. t.) To place in a tomb;
to bury; to inter; to entomb.
I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. -- Chapman.
Tomb (n.) A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave" [syn: grave, tomb].
Tomb (n.) The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a certain sanctity, but when they have been long tenanted it is considered no sin to break them open and rifle them, the famous Egyptologist, Dr. Huggyns, explaining that a tomb may be innocently "glened" as soon as its occupant is done "smellynge," the soul being then all exhaled. This reasonable view is now generally accepted by archaeologists, whereby the noble science of Curiosity has been greatly dignified.
Tombac (n.) (Metal.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German brass or Dutch brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal.
The addition of arsenic makes white tombac. [Written also tombak, and tambac.]
Tombac (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding [syn: tombac, tombak, tambac].
Tombester (n.) A female dancer. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Tombless (a.) Destitute of a tomb.
Tomboy (n.) A romping girl; a hoiden. [Colloq.] -- J. Fletcher.
Tomboy (n.) A girl who behaves in a boyish manner [syn: tomboy, romp, hoyden].
Tombstone (n.) A stone or small stone monument erected over a grave, bearing the name of the dead person interred there, to preserve the memory of the deceased.
Tombstone (n.) A stone that is used to mark a grave [syn: gravestone, headstone, tombstone].
Tombstone, AZ -- U.S. city in Arizona
Population (2000): 1504
Housing Units (2000): 839
Land area (2000): 4.299826 sq. miles (11.136498 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.299826 sq. miles (11.136498 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74400
Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location: 31.715940 N, 110.064827 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 85638
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tombstone, AZ
Tombstone
Tomcat (n.) A male cat, especially when full grown or of large
size.
Tomcat (n.) Male cat [syn: tom, tomcat].
Tomcod (n.) (Zool.) A small edible American fish ({Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also frostfish. See Illust. under Frostfish.
Tomcod (n.) (Zool.) The kingfish. See Kingfish.
Tomcod (n.) (Zool.) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8.
Compare: Cod
Cod (n.) (Zool.) An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.
Note: There are several varieties; as shore cod, from shallow water; bank cod, from the distant banks; and rock cod, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The tomcod is a distinct species of small size. The bastard, blue, buffalo, or cultus cod of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.
Cod fishery, The business of fishing for cod.
Cod line, An eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. -- McElrath.
Tome (n.) As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.
Tomes of fable and of dream. -- Cowper.
A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is not to be found in all the tomes of the casuists. -- Macaulay.
Tome (n.) A (usually) large and scholarly book
Tome-Adelino, NM -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New Mexico
Population (2000): 2211
Housing Units (2000): 830
Land area (2000): 6.049939 sq. miles (15.669270 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.049939 sq. miles (15.669270 sq. km)
FIPS code: 78685
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 34.728771 N, 106.719736 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tome-Adelino, NM
Tome-Adelino
Tome, NM
Tome
Tomelet (n.) All small tome, or volume. [R.]
Tomentose (a.) (Bot. & Zool.) Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane.
Tomentose (a.) Covered with densely matted filaments.
Tomentose (a.) Densely covered with short matted woolly hairs; "a tomentose leaf" [syn: tomentose, tomentous].
Tomentous (a.) Tomentose.
Tomentous (a.) Densely covered with short matted woolly hairs; "a tomentose leaf" [syn: tomentose, tomentous].
Tomenta (n. pl. ) of Tomentum.
Tomentum (n.) (Bot.) The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.
Tomfool (n.) A great fool; a trifler.
Tomfool (n.) A person who lacks good judgment [syn: fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool].
Tomfoolery (n.) 愚蠢的舉動；蠢事；無聊之事（或物） Folly; trifling.
Tomfoolery (n.) Trifling or silly behavior done mostly for amusement; foolishness; fooling around.
Syn: tomfoolishness.
Tomfoolery (n.) Foolish or senseless behavior [syn: {folly}, {foolery}, {tomfoolery}, {craziness}, {lunacy}, {indulgence}].
Tomfoolery (n.) Playful or foolish behavior.
Tomia (n. pl. ) of Tomium.
Tomium (n.) (Zool.) The cutting edge of the bill of a bird.
Tomjohn (n.) A kind of open sedan used in Ceylon, carried by a single pole on men's shoulders.
Tommy (n.) Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.
Tommy (n.) A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not money. [Slang, Eng.]
Note: Tommy is used adjectively or in compounds; as, tommy master, tommy-store,tommy-shop,etc.
Tommy (n.) Same as Tommy Atkins; -- a shortened form. [Colloq.]
Tomnoddy (n.) (Zool.) A sea bird, the puffin. [Prov.Eng.]
Tomnoddy (n.) A fool; a dunce; a noddy.
Tomopteris (n.) (Zool.) A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa.
Tomorn (adv.) To-morrow. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Tomorrow (adv.) On the day after the present day; on the next day; on the morrow.
Summon him to-morrow to the Tower. -- Shak.
Tomorrow (n.) The day after the present; the morrow. "To-morrow is our wedding day." -- Cowper.
One today is worth two to-morrows. -- Franklin.
Tomorrow (adv.) The next day, the day after, following the present day.
Tomorrow (n.) The day after today; "what are our tasks for tomorrow?"
Tomorrow (n.) The near future; "tomorrow's world"; "everyone hopes for a better tomorrow."
Compare: Tampion
Tampion (n.) [Written also tampeon, and tompion.] A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.
Tampion (n.) (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
Tompion (n.) A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.
Tompion (n.) (Mus.) A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone.
Tompion (n.) The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.
Tompion (n.) Plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture [syn: tampion, tompion].
Tompon (n.) An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
Tomrig (n.) A rude, wild, wanton girl; a hoiden; a tomboy. -- Dennis.
Tomtit (n.) (Zool.) (a) A titmouse, especially the blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Tomtit (n.) (Zool.) (b) The wren. [Prov. Eng.]
Titmouse (n.; pl. Titmice.) (Zool.) One of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit.
Note: The blue titmouse ({Parus coeruleus), the marsh titmouse ({Parus palustris), the crested titmouse ({Parus cristatus), the great titmouse ({Parus major), and the long tailed titmouse ({Aegithalos caudatus), are the best-known European species. See Chickadee.
Tomtit (n.) Widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head [syn: blue tit, tomtit, Parus caeruleus].
Compare: Tam-tam
Tam-tam (n.) (Mus.) (a) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom.
Tam-tam (n.) (Mus.) (b) A gong. See Gong, n., 1.
Tom-tom (n.) See Tam-tam.
Tom-tom (n.) Any of various drums with small heads [syn: tenor drum, tom-tom].
Ton (n.) (Com.) A measure of weight or quantity. Specifically:
Ton (n.) The weight of twenty hundredweight.
Note: In England, the ton is 2,240 pounds. In the United States the ton is commonly estimated at 2,000 pounds, this being sometimes called the short ton, while that of 2,240 pounds is called the long ton.
Ton (n.) (Naut. & Com.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden. See the Note under Tonnage.
Ton (n.) (Naut. & Com.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.
Note: Ton and tun have the same etymology, and were formerly used interchangeably; but now ton generally designates the weight, and tun the cask. See Tun.
Ton () Obs. n. pl. of Toe. -- Chaucer.
Ton (n.) (Zool.) The common tunny, or house mackerel.
Ton (n.) The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton. -- Byron.
If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish. -- Thackeray.
Bon ton. See in the Vocabulary.
Ton (n.) A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds [syn: short ton, ton, net ton].
Ton (n.) A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds [syn: long ton, ton, gross ton].
TON. () Twenty hundred weight, each hundred weight being one hundred and twelve pounds avoirdupois. See act of congress of Aug. 30, 1842, c. 270, s. 20.
Tonality (n.) (Mus.) The principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole.
The predominance of the tonic as the link which connects all the tones of a piece, we may, with F['e]tis, term the principle of tonality. -- Helmholtz.
Tonality (n.) Any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music [syn: key, tonality] [ant: atonalism, atonality].
To-name (n.) A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Tonca bean () (Bot.) See Tonka bean.
Compare: Tonka bean
Tonka bean, () (Bot.) The seed of a leguminous tree ({Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean. [Written also tonca bean, tonga bean.]
Tone (n.) 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. [Harmony divine] smooths her charming tones. -- Milton.
Tones that with seraph hymns might blend. -- Keble.
Tone (n.) (Rhet.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.
Eager his tone, and ardent were his eyes. -- Dryden.
Tone (n.) 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.
Tone (n.) (Mus.) A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.
Tone (n.) (Mus.) 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.
Tone (n.) (Mus.) The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.
Tone (n.) (Mus.) A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.
Note: The use of the word tone, both for a sound and for the interval between two sounds or tones, is confusing, but is common -- almost universal.
Note: Nearly every musical sound is composite, consisting of several simultaneous tones having different rates of vibration according to fixed laws, which depend upon the nature of the vibrating body and the mode of excitation. The components (of a composite sound) are called partial tones; that one having the lowest rate of vibration is the fundamental tone, and the other partial tones are called harmonics, or overtones. The vibration ratios of the partial tones composing any sound are expressed by all, or by a part, of the numbers in the series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.; and the quality of any sound (the tone color) is due in part to the presence or absence of overtones as represented in this series, and in part to the greater or less intensity of those present as compared with the fundamental tone and with one another. Resultant tones, combination tones, summation tones, difference tones, Tartini's tones (terms only in part synonymous) are produced by the simultaneous sounding of two or more primary (simple or composite) tones.
Tone (n.) (Med.) 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.
Note: In this sense, the word is metaphorically applied to character or faculties, intellectual and moral; as, his mind has lost its tone.
Tone (n.) (Physiol.) Tonicity; as, arterial tone.
Tone (n.) State of mind; temper; mood.
The strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs, . . . drag the mind down . . . from a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business. -- Bolingbroke.
Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing. -- W. C. Bryant.
Tone (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.
Tone (n.) 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.
Tone (n.) 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.
Tone (n.) (Physiol.) 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.
Tone (n.) Color quality proper; -- called also hue. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade.
She was dressed in a soft cloth of a gray tone. -- Sir G. Parker.
Tone (n.) (Plant Physiol.) The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture.
Tone color. (Mus.) see the Note under def. 4, above.
Tone syllable, An accented syllable. -- M. Stuart.
Toned (imp. & p. p.) of Tone.
Toning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tone.
Tone (v. t.) To utter with an affected tone.
Tone (v. t.) To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t.
Tone (v. t.) (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.
To tone down. (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.
To tone down. (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.
Tone (n.) The quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice" [syn: tone, tone of voice].
Tone (n.) (Linguistics) A pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones."
Tone (n.) (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" [syn: timbre, timber, quality, tone].
Tone (n.) The 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" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell]
Tone (n.) A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" [syn: shade, tint, tincture, tone].
Tone (n.) A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long" [syn: note, musical note, tone].
Tone (n.) A steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies" [syn: tone, pure tone].
Tone (n.) The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity" [syn: tonicity, tonus, tone] [ant: amyotonia, atonia, atonicity, atony].
Tone (n.) A musical interval of two semitones [syn: tone, whole tone, step, whole step].
Tone (n.) The 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."
Tone (v.) Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" [syn: tone, chant, intone].
Tone (v.) Vary the pitch of one's speech [syn: tone, inflect, modulate].
Tone (v.) Change the color or tone of; "tone a negative."
Tone (v.) Change to a color image; "tone a photographic image."
Tone (v.) Give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles" [syn: tone, tone up, strengthen].
Brightness
Luminance
Tone
Value
(Or "tone", "luminance", "value", "luminosity", "lightness") The coordinate in the HSB colour model that determines the total amount of light in the colour. Zero brightness is black and 100% is white, intermediate values are "light" or "dark" colours.
The other coordinates are hue and saturation. (1999-07-05)
Toned (a.) Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned.
Toned paper, Paper having a slight tint, in distinction from paper which is quite white.
Toned (a.) Having or characterized or distinguished by tone or a specific tone; often used in combination; "full-toned"; "shrill-toned"; "deep-toned."
Toned (a.) Having or distinguished by a tone; often used in combination; "full-toned"; "silver-toned" [ant: toneless].
Toneless (a.) Having no tone; unmusical.
Toneless (a.) Lacking in tone or expression; "his toneless mechanical voice" [ant: toned].
Tong (n.) Alt. of Tonge.
Tonge (n.) Tongue. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Tong (n.) In China, an association, secret society, or organization of any kind; in the United States, usually, a secret association of Chinese such as that of the highbinders; in the U. S. the tongs have been frequently associated with criminal activity and gang warfare.
Tonga (n.) (Med.) A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.
Tonga (n.) A kind of light two-wheeled vehicle, usually for four persons, drawn by ponies or bullocks. [India]
Tongkang (n.) (Naut.) A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.
Tongo (n.) The mangrove; -- so called in the Pacific Islands.
Tongs (n. pl.) An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs.
Tongs (n.) Any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below [syn: tongs, pair of tongs].
Compare: Radula
Radula (n.; pl. Radulae) (Zool.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore.
Tongue (n.) (Anat.) An organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
Note: The tongue is usually muscular, mobile, and free at one extremity, and in man other mammals is the principal organ of taste, aids in the prehension of food, in swallowing, and in modifying the voice as in speech.
To make his English sweet upon his tongue. -- Chaucer.
Tongue (n.) The power of articulate utterance; speech.
Parrots imitating human tongue. -- Dryden.
Tongue (n.) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together. -- L. Estrange.
Tongue (n.) Honorable discourse; eulogy. [Obs.]
She was born noble; let that title find her a private grave, but neither tongue nor honor. -- Beau. & Fl.
Tongue (n.) A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue. -- Chaucer.
Whose tongue thou shalt not understand. -- Deut. xxviii. 49.
To speak all tongues. -- Milton.