tone, inflect, modulate
(verb) vary the pitch of one’s speech
inflect
(verb) change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
Source: WordNet® 3.1
inflect (third-person singular simple present inflects, present participle inflecting, simple past and past participle inflected)
(transitive) To cause to curve inwards.
(transitive, music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
(transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
(transitive) To influence in style.
• (to bend or curve inwards): inbend
Source: Wiktionary
In*flect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Inflecting.] Etym: [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in + flectere to bend. See Flexibl, and cf. Inflex.]
1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle Sir I. Newton.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb.
3. To modulate, as the voice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 January 2025
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
