- tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
--1 is a kind of music
--1 has parts: phrase, musical phrase
--1 has particulars:flourish, fanfare, tucket; glissando; roulade; leitmotiv, leitmotif; theme song; signature, signature tune, theme song; theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea; part, voice - tune - the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
--2 is a kind of pitch
Derived form: verb tune2 - tune - the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
--3 is a kind of alteration, modification, adjustment
- tune, tune up - adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine"
--1 is one way to adjust, set, correct
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun tuning1
Somebody ----s something
- tune, tune up - of musical instruments; "My piano needs to be tuned"
--2 is one way to adjust, set, correct
Antonyms: untune
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun tune2, noun tuner1, noun tuning1
Somebody ----s something