TUNE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tun, tuen tone Date: 14th century 1. quality of sound ; tone , manner of utterance ; intonation , 2. a pleasing succession of musical tones ; melody , a dominant theme, correct musical pitch or consonance, 4. a frame of mind ; mood , agreement , harmony , general attitude ; approach , amount , extent , II. verb (~d; tuning) Date: 15th century transitive verb to adjust in musical pitch or cause to be in ~ , 2. to bring into harmony ; at~ , to adjust for precise functioning, to make more precise, intense, or effective, to adjust with respect to resonance at a particular frequency: as, to adjust (a radio or television receiver) to respond to waves of a particular frequency, to establish radio contact with , to adjust the frequency of the output of (a device) to a chosen frequency or range of frequencies, intransitive verb to become at~d, to adjust a radio or television receiver to respond to waves of a particular frequency