To cause to give a higher tone or sound; to give a higher tone to; to make more intense; to heighten; to strengthen. / To firm and strengthen the muscles of the body by regular exercise.

(Chinese phonetics) A short, sharp tone found with syllables that end in plosives (usually /-p -t -k -ʔ/).

(Britain) Alternative spelling of tone dialing

plural of tone meeting

(television) A meeting between the showrunner of a television series and the director to discuss an episode that is to be produced.

(music) An unpleasant tone produced when a note matches the natural resonating frequency of the body of a musical instrument, the quality of which may be likened to the howl of a wolf.

(Chinese phonetics) Synonym of entering tone / (phonology, phonetics) In Burmese, a tone characterized by the syllable ending in the glottal stop /ʔ/.

(audio) The ambient sounds in a room or on a set.

(music) The psychoacoustic phenomenon of an additional tone or tones being perceived when two real tones are sounded at the same time.

plural of tone poem