- tune
- In.melody
1) to compose, write a tune
2) to hum; play; sing; whistle a tune (to play a tune on the piano)
3) to carry ('sing the notes of') a tune
4) a tune of, to (the tune to a song)
5) a catchy; lilting tune
6) in tune; out of tune (to sing in tune; she was playing out of tune)
7) to a tune (to dance to a tune)
agreement8) in tune with (in tune with the times)
9) out of tune with
attitude(colloq.)
10) to change one's tune
misc.(colloq.)
11) to call the tune ('to be in command'); to sing a different tune ('to begin to act differently'); to the tune of ('approximately')
IIv. (d; tr.) to tune to (we tune dour sets to the local station)
* * *[tjuːn]attainlilting tuneseektuneundying tunewrite a tuneto the tune of ('approximately')to sing a different tune ('to begin to act differently')to (the tune to a song)whistle a tune (to play a tune on the piano)out of tune (to sing in tune; she was playing out of tune)['attitude'] (colloq.) to change one's tune['melody'] to composea catchya tuneofat the height of one's tunein tuneinternationalout of tune withto achieveto achieveto carry ('sing the notes of) a tuneto hum['misc. '] (colloq.) to call the tune ('to be in command')['agreement'] in tune with (in tune with the times)to a tune (to dance to a tune)(d; tr.) to tune to (we tuned our sets to the local station)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.