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tone
Noun
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A specific pitch.
"What's your favourite tone?" asked the teacher of music.
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The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
He needed more practice to get proper control of the tone on his oboe.
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General character, mood, or trend.
I don't like the tone of your tenant.
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The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
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The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
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The quality or shade of a colour.
She was surprised at how many tones of sage green there were in the paint shop.
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The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ.
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The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
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Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
tone
Verb
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To give a particular tone to (something).
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To change the colour of (something).
The landlord asked the painter to tone the border a bit.
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To make (something) firmer.
He found doing more sit ups helped to tone his muscles.
decay
Verb
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If something decays it rots.
The body decayed.
My teeth were decaying because I ate too much sugar.
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If something decays it gets weaker and is destroyed slowly.
Their empire decayed because the leaders were fools.
decay
Noun
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Decay is the act of decaying.
Nothing could stop the decay at the time.
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Decay is material (stuff) that is decaying or has decayed.
My teeth were full of decay.
test
Noun
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A test is writing that many learners do in a room at the same time so that people are able to see how much knowledge the learners have.
I'm happy because I got a high mark on the test.
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A test is something someone does to see if something works.
The person did a good test of the machine by pushing all the buttons and watching the machine.
test
Verb
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The action of testing; to try something out to see whether it works.
He tested the software many times.