Tune
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[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] 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] 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]  tune n 1: 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] 2: the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune" 3: the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency v 1: adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine" [syn: tune, tune up] 2: adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano needs to be tuned" [syn: tune, tune up] [ant: untune]  tune optimise a program or system for a particular environment, especially by adjusting numerical parameters designed as hooks for tuning, e.g. by changing "#define" lines in C. One may "tune for time" (fastest execution), "tune for space" (least memory use), or "tune for configuration" (most efficient use of hardware). See bum, hot spot, hand-hacking. [Jargon File] (1999-06-05)  tune vt. [from automotive or musical usage] To optimize a program or system for a particular environment, esp. by adjusting numerical parameters designed as hooks for tuning, e.g., by changing #define lines in C. One may tune for time (fastest execution), tune for space (least memory use), or tune for configuration (most efficient use of hardware). See hot spot, hand-hacking.  tune [tjuːn] Lied; Melodie; Stimmung; Weise  tune [tjuːn] adapter accorder mélodie  tune dallam hang hangnem zeneimû összehangzás  tune adattare, aggiustare sintonizzare  tune [tjuːn] canor  tune [tjuːn] aanpassen; afstemmen in een stemming brengen; stemmen deun; deuntje; melodie; wijs; wijsje afstemmen  tune [tjuːn] acomodar, adaptar, ajeitar, ajustar afinar, sintonizar melodia, toada  tune [tjuːn] acomodar; adaptar  tune [tjuːn] låt; melodi; trall  tune Lied n; Weise f tune Melodie f; Lied n; Stimmung f tune abstimmen  171 Moby Thesaurus words for "tune": French pitch, 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, 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 Tune related |
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