tune
1. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence (Freq. 12)
- she was humming an air from Beethoven
• Syn:
melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
• Derivationally related forms:
melodious (for: melody), melodize (for: melody)
• Hypernyms:
music
• Hyponyms:
flourish, fanfare, tucket, glissando, roulade,
leitmotiv, leitmotif, theme song, signature, signature tune, theme,
melodic theme, musical theme, idea, part, voice
• Part Meronyms:
phrase, musical phrase
2. the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch
- he cannot sing in tune
- the clarinet was out of tune
• Hypernyms:
pitch
3. the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
• Hypernyms:
alteration, modification, adjustment
1. adjust for (better) functioning (Freq. 1)
- tune the engine
• Syn:
tune up
• Derivationally related forms:
tune-up (for: tune up), tuning
• Hypernyms:
adjust, set, correct
• Hyponyms:
fine-tune, tweak, service, tune in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)
- My piano needs to be tuned
• Syn:
tune up
• Ant:
untune
• Derivationally related forms:
tuner, tuning
• Hypernyms:
adjust, set, correct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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