TUNE

tune

(noun) the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency

tune

(noun) the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; “he cannot sing in tune”; “the clarinet was out of tune”

tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase

(noun) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; “she was humming an air from Beethoven”

tune, tune up

(verb) adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); “My piano needs to be tuned”

tune, tune up

(verb) adjust for (better) functioning; “tune the engine”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

tune (countable and uncountable, plural tunes)

A melody.

A song, or short musical composition.

(informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.

The state or condition of being correctly tuned.

(obsolete) Temper; frame of mind.

(obsolete) A sound; a note; a tone.

(obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.

Interjection

tune

(UK, slang) Used to show appreciation or approval of a song.

Verb

tune (third-person singular simple present tunes, present participle tuning, simple past and past participle tuned)

To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.

To adjust or modify (esp. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.

To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.

(e.g. of senses or faculties) To adapt to or direct towards a particular target.

To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.

To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.

(transitive) To give a certain tone or character to.

(obsolete) To sing with melody or harmony.

(South Africa, slang, transitive) To cheek; to be impudent towards.

Anagrams

• neut, neut.

Proper noun

Tune (plural Tunes)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tune is the 14058^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2142 individuals. Tune is most common among White (79.04%) and Black/African American (12.89%) individuals.

Anagrams

• neut, neut.

Source: Wiktionary

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Tune, n. Etym: [A variant of tone.]

1. A sound; a note; a tone. "The tune of your voices." Shak.

2. (Mus.) (a) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air. (b) The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune. Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh. Shak.

3. Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood. A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to [his task]. Locke.

Tune, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tuned; p. pr. & vb. n. Tuning.]

1. To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin. " Tune your harps." Dryden.

2. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious. For now to sorrow must I tune my song. Milton.

3. To sing with melody or harmony. Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Milton.

4. To put into a proper state or disposition. Shak.

Tune, v. i.

1. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds. Whilst tuning to the water's fall, The small birds sang to her. Drayton.

2. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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