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toned
(encz) | toned,tónovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Toned
(gcide) | Tone \Tone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Toning.]
1. To utter with an affected tone.
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2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See
Tune, v. t.
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3. (Photog.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required
shade of color, as by chemical treatment.
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To tone down.
(a) To cause to give lower tone or sound; to give a lower
tone to.
(b) (Paint.) To modify, as color, by making it less
brilliant or less crude; to modify, as a composition
of color, by making it more harmonius.
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Its thousand hues toned down harmoniusly. --C.
Kingsley.
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(c) Fig.: To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the
striking characteristics of; to soften.
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The best method for the purpose in hand was to
employ some one of a character and position
suited to get possession of their confidence,
and then use it to tone down their religious
strictures. --Palfrey.
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To tone up, to cause to give a higher tone or sound; to
give a higher tone to; to make more intense; to heighten;
to strengthen.
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Toned
(gcide) | Toned \Toned\, a.
Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as,
high-toned; sweet-toned.
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Toned paper, paper having a slight tint, in distinction
from paper which is quite white.
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toned
(wn) | toned
adj 1: having or characterized or distinguished by tone or a
specific tone; often used in combination; "full-toned";
"shrill-toned"; "deep-toned"
2: having or distinguished by a tone; often used in combination;
"full-toned"; "silver-toned" [ant: toneless] |
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atoned
(encz) | atoned,napravil v: Zdeněk Brožatoned,odčinil v: Zdeněk Brožatoned,usmířil v: Zdeněk Brož |
buttoned-up
(encz) | buttoned-up,nemluvný adj: Zdeněk Brožbuttoned-up,zamlklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
high-toned
(encz) | high-toned,aristokratický adj: Zdeněk Brožhigh-toned,čestný adj: Zdeněk Brožhigh-toned,domýšlivý adj: Zdeněk Brožhigh-toned,důstojný adj: Zdeněk Brožhigh-toned,prvotřídní adj: Zdeněk Brožhigh-toned,zásadový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
intoned
(encz) | intoned, |
low-toned
(encz) | low-toned, adj: |
stoned
(encz) | stoned,zhulený adj: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stoned#Adjective webstoned,zkamenělý luke |
toned
(encz) | toned,tónovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
toned down
(encz) | toned down, adj: |
unbuttoned
(encz) | unbuttoned, adj: |
warm-toned
(encz) | warm-toned, adj: |
Astoned
(gcide) | Aston \As*ton"\, Astone \As*tone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Astoned, Astond, or Astound.] [See Astonish.]
To stun; to astonish; to stupefy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Atoned
(gcide) | Atone \A*tone"\ ([.a]*t[=o]n"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Atoned; p.
pr. & vb. n. Atoning.] [From at one,, i. e., to be, or
cause to be, at one. See At one.]
1. To agree; to be in accordance; to accord. [Obs.]
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He and Aufidius can no more atone
Than violentest contrariety. --Shak.
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2. To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation,
compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime.
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The murderer fell, and blood atoned for blood.
--Pope.
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The ministry not atoning for their former conduct by
any wise or popular measure. --Junius.
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buttoned
(gcide) | buttoned \buttoned\ adj.
furnished with buttons or something buttonlike. Opposite of
unbuttoned. [Narrower terms: botonee, botonnee;
button-down; closed]
[WordNet 1.5]Button \But"ton\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttoned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Buttoning.] [OE. botonen, OF. botoner, F. boutonner. See
Button, n.]
1. To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make
secure with buttons; -- often followed by up.
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He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to
the throat in a tight green coat. --Dickens.
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2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Buttoned
(gcide) | buttoned \buttoned\ adj.
furnished with buttons or something buttonlike. Opposite of
unbuttoned. [Narrower terms: botonee, botonnee;
button-down; closed]
[WordNet 1.5]Button \But"ton\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttoned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Buttoning.] [OE. botonen, OF. botoner, F. boutonner. See
Button, n.]
1. To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make
secure with buttons; -- often followed by up.
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He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to
the throat in a tight green coat. --Dickens.
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2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] --Shak.
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buttoned vs unbuttoned
(gcide) | closed \closed\ adj.
1. having an opening obstructed. [Narrower terms: blind]
Also See: obstructed, sealed, shut, unopen,
closed. Antonym: open.
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2. (Math.) of a curve or surface: having no end points or
boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be
produced by a specific operation on other members of the
same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints.
open
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3. Being in a position to obstruct an opening; -- especially
of doors. [Narrower terms: fastened, latched] Also See:
closed. Antonym: open.
Syn: shut, unopen.
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4. having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; -- used
of mouth or eyes. Opposite of open. he sat quietly with
closed eyes [Narrower terms: blinking, winking;
compressed, tight; squinched, squinting]
Syn: shut.
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5. requiring union membership; -- of a workplace; as, a
closed shop. [prenominal]
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6. closed with shutters.
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7. hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot.
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8. not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting.
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9. unsympathetic; -- of a person's attitude. a closed mind
unreceptive to new ideas
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10. surrounded by walls. a closed porch
Syn: closed in(predicate).
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11. made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed
map.
Syn: folded.
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12. closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. [Narrower
terms: buttoned (vs. unbuttoned)]
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13. not engaged in activity; -- of an organization or
business establishment. the airport is closed because of
the weather; the many closed shops and factories made the
town look deserted
Syn: shut down.
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buttoned-down
(gcide) | buttoned-down \buttoned-down\ adj.
conservatively formal and businesslike in dress and manner.
Syn: button-down, conservative.
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a colorful character in the buttoned-down,
dull-gray world of business. --Newsweek |
buttoned-up
(gcide) | buttoned-up \buttoned-up\ adj.
1. taciturn. Opposite of voluble. [British colloquial]
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2. conservative in professional manner; as, employers are
looking for buttoned-up types.
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Cantoned
(gcide) | Cantoned \Can"toned\, a.
1. (Her.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; --
said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield
itself.
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2. (Arch.) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with,
projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier
or pilaster.
[1913 Webster]Canton \Can"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Cantoning.] [Cf. F.cantonner.]
1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or
separate, as a distinct portion or division.
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They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the
intellectual world. --Locke.
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2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different
parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
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cobblestone cobblestoned
(gcide) | paved \paved\ adj.
1. covered with a firm surface; -- of pathways or roadways.
[Narrower terms: {asphalt, macadam, macadamized, tarmac,
tarmacadam}; blacktopped, brick, {cobblestone,
cobblestoned}] [Ant: unpaved]
Syn: hard-surfaced, surfaced, made-up [British], sealed
[Australian].
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High-toned
(gcide) | High-toned \High"-toned`\, a.
1. High in tone or sound.
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2. Elevated; high-principled; honorable.
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In whose high-toned impartial mind
Degrees of mortal rank and state
Seem objects of indifferent weight. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. pretentious, pompous.
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Intoned
(gcide) | Intone \In*tone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Intoning.] [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L.
tonus tone. See Tone and cf. Entune, Intonate.]
1. To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to
chant; as, to intone the church service.
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2. To speak with a distinctive or unusual tone in the voice,
or in a monotone; as, the professor intoned his lectures
as though by rote.
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low-toned
(gcide) | low-toned \low-toned\ adj.
relatively low in volume; soft; -- of sound; as, making
low-toned noises with their mouths that went as an
undercurrent of sound. Opposite of loud.
Syn: low, subdued, soft.
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Stoned
(gcide) | Stone \Stone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stoning.] [From Stone, n.: cf. AS. st?nan, Goth.
stainjan.]
1. To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.
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And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. --Acts vii.
59.
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2. To make like stone; to harden.
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O perjured woman! thou dost stone my heart. --Shak.
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3. To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to
stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins.
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4. To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with
stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.
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5. To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.
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Stone-dead
(gcide) | Stone-dead \Stone"-dead`\, a.
As dead as a stone.
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Stone-deaf
(gcide) | Stone-deaf \Stone"-deaf`\, a.
As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.
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Toned paper
(gcide) | Toned \Toned\, a.
Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as,
high-toned; sweet-toned.
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Toned paper, paper having a slight tint, in distinction
from paper which is quite white.
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Unatoned
(gcide) | Unatoned \Unatoned\
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Wantoned
(gcide) | Wanton \Wan"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wantoned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Wantoning.]
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1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to
revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
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Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton.
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How merrily we would sally into the fields, and
strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton
like young dace in the streams! --Lamb.
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2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play
lasciviously.
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buttoned
(wn) | buttoned
adj 1: furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike
[syn: buttoned, fastened] [ant: unbuttoned,
unfastened] |
buttoned-down
(wn) | buttoned-down
adj 1: unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in
the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
[syn: button-down, buttoned-down, conservative] |
buttoned-up
(wn) | buttoned-up
adj 1: (British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
2: conservative in professional manner; "employers are looking
for buttoned-up types" |
high-toned
(wn) | high-toned
adj 1: pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant" [syn:
high-class, high-toned] |
intoned
(wn) | intoned
adj 1: uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting;
"their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of
speaking" [syn: chantlike, intoned, singsong] |
low-toned
(wn) | low-toned
adj 1: very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur
of the surf" [syn: low, low-toned] |
stoned
(wn) | stoned
adj 1: under the influence of narcotics [syn: hopped-up,
stoned] |
toned
(wn) | toned
adj 1: having or characterized or distinguished by tone or a
specific tone; often used in combination; "full-toned";
"shrill-toned"; "deep-toned"
2: having or distinguished by a tone; often used in combination;
"full-toned"; "silver-toned" [ant: toneless] |
unbuttoned
(wn) | unbuttoned
adj 1: not buttoned; "the wind picked up the hem of her
unbuttoned coat" [syn: unbuttoned, unfastened] [ant:
buttoned, fastened]
2: not under constraint in action or expression; "this
unbuttoned and disrespectful age"- Curtis Bok; "unlaced
behavior in the neighborhood pub" [syn: unbuttoned,
unlaced] |
warm-toned
(wn) | warm-toned
adj 1: used of music |
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