'Tune' definitions:
Definition of 'tune'
(from WordNet)
noun
A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase]
noun
The property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
noun
The adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
verb
Adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine" [syn: tune, tune up]
verb
Definition of 'Tune'
From: GCIDE
- Tune \Tune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tuned (t[=u]nd); 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. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious. [1913 Webster]
- For now to sorrow must I tune my song. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To sing with melody or harmony. [1913 Webster]
- Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To put into a proper state or disposition. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tune'
From: GCIDE
- Tune \Tune\ (t[=u]n), n. [A variant of tone.]
- 1. A sound; a note; a tone. "The tune of your voices." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood. [1913 Webster]
- A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to [his task]. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tune'
From: GCIDE
- Tune \Tune\ (t[=u]n), v. i.
- 1. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds. [1913 Webster]
- Whilst tuning to the water's fall, The small birds sang to her. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tune'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- accord,
- accordance,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- agreement,
- air,
- align,
- aria,
- assimilate,
- assonate,
- atone,
- attend to,
- attune,
- attunement,
- be aware of,
- be blind to,
- be harmonious,
- be in tune,
- blend,
- calibrate,
- canto,
- cantus,
- capacitate,
- carol,
- chant,
- chart,
- chime,
- chiming,
- chord,
- chorus,
- classical pitch,
- codify,
- composition,
- concentus,
- concert,
- concord,
- concordance,
- condition,
- conform,
- conformity,
- consonance,
- consonancy,
- consort,
- coordinate,
- correspondence,
- cut to,
- depth,
- descant,
- dial,
- diapason,
- disregard,
- dulcetness,
- enable,
- equalize,
- equip,
- euphony,
- extent,
- fit,
- fix,
- French pitch,
- furnish,
- gear to,
- harmonics,
- harmonize,
- harmony,
- heavy harmony,
- height,
- high pitch,
- homologate,
- homologize,
- homophony,
- ignore,
- integrate,
- key,
- key to,
- lay,
- line,
- listen to,
- low pitch,
- magnitude,
- make plumb,
- make uniform,
- matter,
- measure,
- mellifluence,
- mellifluousness,
- melodia,
- melodic line,
- melodiousness,
- melodize,
- melody,
- methodize,
- monochord,
- monody,
- motif,
- musical quality,
- musical sound,
- musicality,
- musicalize,
- neighborhood,
- new philharmonic pitch,
- normalize,
- note,
- number,
- organize,
- pay attention to,
- philharmonic pitch,
- philosophical pitch,
- piece,
- pitch,
- plan,
- proportion,
- put in trim,
- put in tune,
- qualify,
- range,
- rationalize,
- reconcile,
- rectify,
- refrain,
- register,
- regularize,
- regulate,
- right,
- routinize,
- set,
- set right,
- settle,
- similarize,
- solo,
- solo part,
- song,
- soprano part,
- sound in tune,
- sound together,
- standard pitch,
- standardize,
- strain,
- string,
- suit,
- sweetness,
- symphonize,
- symphony,
- sync,
- synchronism,
- synchronization,
- synchronize,
- systematize,
- tailor,
- theme,
- three-part harmony,
- tonality,
- tone,
- tone down,
- tone up,
- treble,
- trim to,
- true,
- true up,
- tune out,
- tune up,
- tunefulness,
- understand,
- unison,
- unisonance,
- vicinity,
- vocalize,
- voice,
- warble