Definition of tunes Tunes
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What does tunes mean?
Wiktionary 
- tunes (Noun)
Plural of tune.
Part of speech
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| tune - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" | ||
| melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| tucket, fanfare, flourish (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" | ||
| glissando a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale | ||
| roulade (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable | ||
| leitmotif, leitmotiv a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) | ||
| theme song a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie | ||
| signature tune, theme song, signature a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie | ||
| melodic theme, musical theme, idea, theme the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" | ||
| voice, part a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices" | ||
| tune - the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune" | ||
| pitch the action or manner of throwing something; "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor" | ||
| tune - the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency | ||
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| tune - adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine" | ||
| tune up | ||
| adjust, correct, set adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" | ||
| fine-tune, tweak adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine" | ||
| service make fit for use; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced" | ||
| tune in regulate (a radio or television set) in order to receive a certain station or program | ||
| tune - adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano needs to be tuned" | ||
| tune up | ||
| untune cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!" | ||
| adjust, correct, set adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" | ||
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Wiktionary
- tune (Noun)
A melody. - tune (Noun)
A song, or short musical composition. - tune (Noun)
The act of tuning or maintenance. - tune (Noun)
The state or condition of being correctly tuned. - tune (Noun)
A very good song. - tune (Verb)
To modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches. - tune (Verb)
To adjust a mechanical, electric or electronic device such as a radio or a car engine so that it functions optimally. - tune (Verb)
To make more precise, intense, or effective. - tune (Verb)
To cheek; to be impudent towards.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tune (n.)
A sound; a note; a tone. - tune (n.)
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. - tune (n.)
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. - tune (n.)
Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood. - tune (v. t.)
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 (v. t.)
To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious. - tune (v. t.)
To sing with melody or harmony. - tune (v. t.)
To put into a proper state or disposition. - tune (v. i.)
To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds. - tune (v. i.)
To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.
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A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. -
tune
To correct or adjust the pitch created by a musical instrument. -
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To adjust a mechanical, electric or electronic device (such as a radio or a car engine) so that it functions optimally.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tune
tūn, n. a melodious succession of notes or chords in a particular key: the relation of notes and intervals to each other causing melody: state of giving the proper sound: harmony: a melody or air: frame of mind, temper.—v.t. to adjust the tones, as of a musical instrument: to play upon, celebrate in music: to give a certain character to.—adj. Tū′nable.—n. Tū′nableness.—adv. Tū′nably.—adj. Tune′ful, full of tune or harmony: melodious: musical.—adv. Tune′fully.—n. Tune′fulness.—adj. Tune′less, without tune or melody: silent.—ns. Tū′ner, one who tunes or adjusts the sounds of musical instruments: one who makes music, or sings: in organs, an adjustable flap for altering the pitch of the tone; Tū′ning, the art of bringing musical instruments into tune; Tū′ning-fork, a steel two-pronged instrument, designed when set in vibration to give a musical sound of a certain pitch; Tū′ning-hamm′er, a tuning-wrench with hammer attachment for regulating tension in stringed instruments.—Tune up, to begin to sing or play.—Change one's tune, Sing another tune, to alter one's attitude, or one's way of talking; In tune, harmonious; Out of tune, inharmonious; To the tune of, to the amount of. [A doublet of tone.]
