I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ little
▪
He hummed a little ~ as he washed the dishes.
▪ good , great , nice
▪ happy , jaunty , lively , merry , upbeat , uplifting
▪ haunting , melancholy , sad
▪ classic , familiar , favourite/favorite , old , popular , traditional , well-known
▪
a collection of classic ~s
▪ catchy ( informal ), memorable
▪ dance , show
▪ folk , jazz , pop , etc.
▪
an old jazz ~
▪ hymn
▪ signature ( BrE ), theme ( esp. BrE )
VERB + TUNE
▪ hum , play (sb) , sing , whistle
▪
He softly hummed the ~ to himself.
▪
She played us a ~ on the piano.
▪ spin ( informal )
▪
DJs spinning the coolest ~s
▪ hum along with , sing along with
▪ compose , write
▪ pick out
▪
The kids were picking out a ~ on the old piano.
▪ carry , hold
▪
He wasn't allowed in the choir because he couldn't hold a ~.
PHRASES
▪ to the ~ of sth
▪
The crowd were singing ‘Give us jobs!’ to the ~ of ‘Happy Birthday’.
II.
verb
1 adjust an engine, a machine, etc.
ADVERB
▪ perfectly , precisely
▪ carefully , properly
PREPOSITION
▪ to
PHRASES
▪ finely ~d , highly ~d
▪
a finely ~d engine
2 adjust a TV, radio, etc.
ADVERB
▪ permanently
▪
His radio was permanently ~d to Radio KVB.
▪ automatically
▪
Most phones will automatically ~ to the strongest network signal.
▪ regularly
▪
Ten million people regularly ~ in to see his show.
▪ in
▪
Don't forget to ~ in to our special news coverage this evening.
PREPOSITION
▪ for , into
▪
200 000 people ~ into the station each week.
▪ to
▪
I ~d to the BBC for the late news.
PHRASES
▪ badly ~d
▪
He heard everything through a screen of interference, like on a badly ~d radio.
▪ stay ~d
▪
Stay ~d for the news.
Tune is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ engine , ↑ guitar , ↑ harp , ↑ instrument , ↑ piano , ↑ radio , ↑ string , ↑ violin