tune

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A sound; a note; a tone.

2. 2noun

   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.

3. 3noun

   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.

4. 4noun

   Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.

5. 5transitive verb

   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.

6. 6transitive verb

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

7. 7transitive verb

   To sing with melody or harmony.

8. 8transitive verb

   To put into a proper state or disposition.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.

11. 11noun

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

12. 12noun

    the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch

    "he cannot sing in tune"

    "the clarinet was out of tune"

13. 13noun

    a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

    "she was humming an air from Beethoven"

    Synonyms

    airlinemelodystrain
14. 14verb

    adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)

    "My piano needs to be tuned"

15. 15verb

    adjust for (better) functioning

    "tune the engine"