Toning
[ton]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tone
Typist: Ted
Examples
- To avoid this it is washed first in water and then immersed in a chloride of gold toning bath and fixed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The boy drew his chubby face down to a formidable length, and commenced toning a psalm tune through his nose, with imperturbable gravity. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It might justly be compared with a sketch which is all right as far as it goes, but which requires toning down and elaboration before becoming a finished work of art. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Ted