tone
verb/təʊn/
/təʊn/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they tone | /təʊn/ /təʊn/ |
| he / she / it tones | /təʊnz/ /təʊnz/ |
| past simple toned | /təʊnd/ /təʊnd/ |
| past participle toned | /təʊnd/ /təʊnd/ |
| -ing form toning | /ˈtəʊnɪŋ/ /ˈtəʊnɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] tone something (up) to make your muscles, skin, etc. tighter and stronger
- Massage will help to tone up loose skin under the chin.
- a beautifully toned body
- [intransitive] tone (in) (with something) (British English) to match the colour of something
- The beige of his jacket toned (in) with the cream shirt.
muscles/skin
colour
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Greek tonos ‘tension, tone’, from teinein ‘to stretch’.
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