tone homograph 2
verbverbto ring out, to sound · to tint, to tone
InflectionVis bøyning
Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk
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om musikkinstrument, stemme eller lignende: gi fra seg toner eller musikk;
lyde (I, 1)to sound med toner, musikk eller sang;
klinge (II, 2)to ring clear, ljometo echo of a musical instrument, a voice or the like: to give out notes or music;
to soundlyde (I, 1) with notes, music or song;
to ring clearklinge (II, 2), to echoljome- sangen tonet mellom veggene i klasserommet the singing rang out between the walls of the classroom
- den klare stemmen toner utover konsertsalen the clear voice carries out across the concert hall
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gi en viss fargenyansecolour shade;
gi en viss tone (I, 7)tinge to give a certain colour shadefargenyanse;
to give a certain tingetone (I, 7)- tone håret to tint one's hair
- tone et fotografi to tone a photograph
Set phrasesFaste uttrykk
tone ned
gjøre mindre tydelig eller framtredende;
dempe to make less obvious or prominent;
to moderate Eng. phraseto tone down
dempe to make less obvious or prominent;
to moderate Eng. phraseto tone down
- tone ned de negative sidene ved saken to play down the negative sides of the matter
- de måtte tone ned de ambisiøse planene they had to scale back their ambitious plans
tone ut
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dø hen;
opphøre to die away;
to come to an end Eng. phraseto fade out- sangen var ikke tonet ut da applausen braket løs the song had not finished when the applause broke out
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la klinge ut over
to let sound out across something
- musikken tonet ut over oss the music rang out over us