TUNE

tune

Noun

  1. A melody.
  2. A song, or short musical composition.
  3. The act of tuning or maintenance.
    Your engine needs a good tune.
  4. The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
    Your engine is now in tune.
    This piano is not in tune.
  5. A very good song.
    You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? —Mate, that is a tune!
  6. A sound; a note; a tone.
  7. Order; harmony; concord.

Verb

  1. To modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches.
    to tune a piano or a violin
  2. To adjust a mechanical, electric or electronic device (such as a radio or a car engine) so that it functions optimally.
  3. To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
  4. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
  5. To sing with melody or harmony.
  6. To cheek; to be impudent towards.
    Are you tuning me?


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