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toned

SayTOHNDUS/toʊnd/UK/təʊnd/

3 meanings of toned

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Having firm muscles and little body fat, from regular exercise.

    Like a firm pillow instead of a soft, floppy one.

    After months at the gym, her arms looked toned.

    Swimmers usually have very toned shoulders.

    Similarfit, firm, trim, sculpted

    Oppositeflabby, untoned, soft

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Having a certain kind of tone, sound, or color, named by a word placed in front.

    The cello sounded richly toned in the concert hall.

    He bought a two-toned jacket with brown and cream panels.

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  3. 3
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of tone. Use this form for something that already happened.

    She toned her muscles with daily workouts.

    The photographer toned the print with a warm sepia color.

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toned is a form of tone

tone, verb: To make something firmer, especially the muscles of the body. Full entry

Forms
tonetones he/she/ittoning -ing formtoned past tense, past participle
Spelling
tone → toned: add -d
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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