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--n. 2 ring, ringing, peal, pealing, chime, chiming, striking,
sound, sounding, tolling, knell: Each toll of the bell marked
the death of another victim.
tollý n. 1 charge, fee, dues, assessment, tariff; excise, duty,
impost, levy, tribute: New motorways will be funded by means of
a toll on traffic using them. 2 loss, penalty, cost, damage(s);
exaction: The death toll from the earthquake reached 50,000.
tomb n. sepulchre, crypt, vault, mausoleum, grave, catacomb,
burial-chamber, final or last resting-place: Every year his
tomb is visited by a mysterious woman in black.
tombstone n. gravestone, headstone, marker, monument, cenotaph: The
tombstones in the military cemetery stood in serried ranks.
tone n. 1 sound, note: Odd tones emanated from the electronic
music-maker. 2 stress, emphasis, force, accent, intonation,
modulation, phrasing, inflection, pitch, tonality, timbre, sound
(colour), tone colour or quality, colour or colouring,
resonance, sonorousness, sonority, fullness, richness: The tone
of his voice is extraordinarily melodic. 3 manner, style,
attitude, air, aspect, approach, note, tenor, tone of voice,
mode of expression, temper, vein, spirit, air: Do not take that
imperious tone with me! 4 tint, tinge, shade, hue, colour,
colouring, cast: The fabric has a silvery tone that makes it
shimmer.
--v. 5 tone down. temper, modify, reduce, moderate, modulate,
soften, quiet(en), dampen, dull, subdue, mute, soft-pedal:
Please tone down your voice or the neighbours will hear you. 6
tone up. (re)invigorate, tune (up), brighten (up), (re)vitalize,
freshen (up), limber up, get into condition or shape: I really
have to tone up my body before I put on a swimsuit this summer.
tongue n. 1 language, speech; dialect, patois,Creole, idiom, parlance,
argot, talk, vernacular, fa‡on de parler: The people in that
area speak a strange tongue. 2 (verbal) expression, utterance,
voice, articulation: Michael is reluctant to give tongue to his
real feelings. 3 hold (one's) tongue. be or remain or keep
silent, keep mum, say nothing or nought, not breathe a word,
keep (one's) counsel, not say a word, Slang shut up: Hold your