Tonic
21tonic — I. adjective Etymology: Greek tonikos, from tonos tension, tone Date: 1649 1. a. characterized by tonus < tonic contraction of muscle >; also marked by prolonged muscular contraction < tonic convulsions > b. producing or adapted to produce… …
22tonic — {{11}}tonic (adj.) 1640s, relating to or characterized by muscular tension, from Gk. tonikos of stretching, from tonos a stretching (see TENET (Cf. tenet)). The meaning maintaining the healthy firmness of tissues is recorded from 1680s, first… …
23tonic — n. & adj. n. 1 an invigorating medicine. 2 anything serving to invigorate. 3 = tonic water. 4 Mus. the first degree of a scale, forming the keynote of a piece (see KEYNOTE 3). adj. 1 serving as a tonic; invigorating. 2 Mus. denoting the first… …
24tonic — n. 1)to take a tonic 2) a tonic for 3) (misc.) a gin and tonic ( type of mixed drink ) * * * [ tɒnɪk] a tonicfor to take a tonic (misc.) a gin and tonic ( type of mixed drink ) …
25tonic — ton|ic [ˈtɔnık US ˈta: ] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Greek; Origin: tonikos, from tonos; TONE1] 1.) [U and C] also tonic .water a clear bitter tastingdrink that you can mix with alcoholic drinks such as ↑gin or ↑vodka ▪ She sat and sipped a gin and… …
26tonic — 1 noun 1 (C, U) also tonic water a clear bitter tasting drink that is mixed with alcoholic drinks such as gin or vodka: a gin and tonic 2 (countable usually singular) BrE something that improves your health, strength, or confidence: The holiday… …
27tonic — /ˈtɒnɪk / (say tonik) noun 1. a medicine that invigorates or strengthens. 2. anything invigorating physically, mentally, or morally. 3. anyone who lifts the spirits. 4. Music the first degree of the scale; the keynote. 5. Colloquial tonic water:… …
28tonic — тонизирующий balm gel tonic тонизирующий гель бальзам malt tonic солодовый тонизирующий напиток tonic property тонизирующее свойство tonic beverage тонизирующий напиток tonic effect тонизирующее действие …
29tonic — 1. adjective /ˈtɒnɪk/ a) Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles. Out in front and across the street, Doc noted half a dozen or so young men, not loitering or doing substances but poised and tonic, as if waiting for some standing order to… …
30Tonic — To|nic 〈[tɔ̣nık] n. 15; kurz für〉 Tonicwater * * * Tọ|nic , das; [s], s [engl. tonic (water), zu: tonic = stärkend, belebend < frz. tonique < griech. tonikós, ↑ Tonikum]: 1. mit Kohlensäure u. Chinin versetzte, leicht bitter schmeckende… …
