“tuned” is a form of
tune
/tjuːn/ noun, interjection, verb, proper noun
Forms tunes tuning tuned chune toon
- noun A melody. “Eric played a catchy tune on his acoustic guitar and Alyssa played the drums.”
- noun A song, or short musical composition.
- noun (informal) The act of tuning or maintenance. “Your engine needs a good tune.”
- noun The state or condition of being correctly tuned. “Your engine is now in tune.”
- noun (obsolete) Temper; frame of mind.
- noun (obsolete) A sound; a note; a tone.
- noun (obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.
- interjection (UK, slang) Used to show appreciation or approval of a song. “You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? — Tune!”
- verb To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches. “to tune a piano or a violin”
- verb To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally. “Tuning the engine gave me an extra twenty horsepower.”
- verb To adjust the frequency of a transmitter or receiver, such as on a radio or TV transmitter or receiver, so as to send or receive an electromagnetic signal through a desired frequency band or channel. “Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows.”
- verb Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target. “My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.”
- verb To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
- verb (fandom slang) To produce a particular quality of voice by adjusting singing voice synthesis software.
- verb To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
tune in melody air strain melodic line line melodic phrase tune up
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A sound; a note; a tone. "The tune of your voices." Shak.
- noun (a) 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.
- 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. " Tune your harps." Dryden.
- verb To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
Etymology [A variant of tone.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “tune”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details