tone
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6.8
- noun
- /toʊn/
- Specialized
- You have exceptional muscle tone there, young man.
- muscle tone
- low muscle tone
- increased muscle tone
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Watch on YouTubeYou are probably building up some increased inhibitory tone through that process.
- You are probably building up some increased inhibitory tone through that process.
- Just the daily walking around that helps keep our muscle and bone tone going.
- And here it's a Tony absence of the tone in your muscles.
Examples
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Her muscle tone is quite outstanding.
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Just the daily walking around that helps keep our muscle and bone tone going.
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It's more than your muscle tone that needs exercise.
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How about building up a little more muscle tone by putting on your clothes?
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However, prolonged use may lead to loss of muscle tone and function.
Academic text (2005) -
You are probably building up some increased inhibitory tone through that process.
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Worried about losing muscle tone, they take turns on the rowing machine.
Fiction book (1991) -
During the months I'd been lifting weights, my muscle tone had improved and my strength had increased.
Fiction book (2001) -
As they awaken, muscle tone is restored to the upper airway, allowing for the passage of air.
Academic text (2008) -
To improve your health, it is essential to enhance your tone through regular exercise.
Synonyms
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3.4
A little tightness in resting muscles that keeps them ready to move
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2.4
Being solid and not easily moved when pressed
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9.9
Normal slight tightness in muscles that helps them respond to movement
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9.8
A small steady tightness in muscles and blood vessels in the body that helps them respond
Idioms
Compounds
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8.7
A musical interval half the size of a semitone used in some modern and non-Western music
- Specialized
1
8.6
A way of writing music that uses the twelve notes in a set order
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8.4
The seventh note of a scale that is one half step below the main note and pulls toward it
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7.1
A light balanced arm on a record player that holds the needle and moves across a record
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A higher sound made when the main note vibrates a whole number of times
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A language where changes in voice pitch make words mean different things
How Firm
- Specialized
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9.4
- Specialized
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6.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word tone comes from the Greek tonos, which meant 'tension' or 'stretch'. So muscle tone is the normal tension or firmness in your muscles that helps them work.