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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.
pitch
Noun
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In baseball, a pitch is when the pitcher throws the ball to the batter, who tries to hit it.
Matsuzaka collected 10 strikeouts while throwing 108 pitches during a 4-1 win over Kansas City.
The batter was going to swing at the pitch but it was too high.
Gonzalez reached first in the fifth after being hit by a pitch.
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In football (soccer), a pitch is the place where the game is played.
She kicked the ball halfway down the pitch.
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A pitch is a level of excitement, anger, etc.
The anger over the changes has pushed this feeling to a fever pitch.
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A pitch is a sound at a particular frequency, how high or low a note is.
We need to listen for small changes of pitch and rhythm that lie beyond the limits of Western music.
You can hear their worry in the pitch of their voices.
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Somebody's pitch is how well they can produce or recognize a specific note.
He has perfect pitch; at age eight he played the entire Bach Toccata in D Minor by ear.
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A pitch is an explanation to encourage somebody to do something, often to convince them to buy something.
He was no good at all at fast-talking sales pitches over the telephone.
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Pitch is a sticky, black substance used to seal things like roofs.
The night was pitch black.
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A pitch is the angle, up or down of a surface or vehicle.
pitch
Verb
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If you pitch something, you throw it.
He pitched the ball for his dog.
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If you pitch something, you promote or attempt to sell something.
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If you pitch a tent, you assemble it.
The decided to pitch the tent over there.