blindside vs tone

blindside

noun
  • The space on the side of the pitch with the shorter distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare openside. 

  • The blindside flanker, a position in rugby union, usually number 6. 

  • A person's weak point. 

  • A tram/train driver's field of blindness around a tram (trolley/streetcar) or a train; the side areas behind the tram/train driver. 

  • A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver. 

verb
  • To attack (a person) on his or her blind side. 

  • To catch off guard; to take by surprise. 

tone

noun
  • A specific pitch. 

  • The quality of being respectable or admirable. 

  • The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese. 

  • The manner in which speech or writing is expressed. 

  • The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice. 

  • (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody. 

  • The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor. 

  • a gun 

  • The shade or quality of a colour. 

  • The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours. 

  • The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus. 

  • (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second. 

  • Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli. 

  • The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.). 

pron
  • the one (of two) 

verb
  • to change the colour of 

  • to give a particular tone to 

  • to utter with an affected tone. 

  • to make (something) firmer 

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