<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.</li><li>Synonyms: gist, substance, content, import, sense.</li><li>continuous course, progress, or movement.</li><li>Rhetoric: the subject of a metaphor, as “she” in “She is a rose.” Compare vehicle.</li><li>Music: the adult male voice intermediate between the bass and the alto or countertenor.</li><li>a part sung by or written for such a voice, especially the next to the lowest part in four-part harmony.</li><li>a singer with such a voice.</li><li>an instrument corresponding in compass to this voice, especially the viola.</li><li>the lowest-toned bell of a peal.</li><li>quality, character, or condition.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Music: of, relating to, or having the compass of a tenor.</li></ul>