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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Tune \Tune\ (t[=u]n), v. i. 1. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds. [1913 Webster] Whilst tuning to the water's fall, The small birds sang to her. --Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum. [R.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Tune \Tune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tuned} (t[=u]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tuning}.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] 2. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious. [1913 Webster] For now to sorrow must I tune my song. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To sing with melody or harmony. [1913 Webster] Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. To put into a proper state or disposition. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Tune \Tune\ (t[=u]n), n. [A variant of tone.] 1. A sound; a note; a tone. "The tune of your voices." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) (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}. (b) The state of giving the proper sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune. [1913 Webster] Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood. [1913 Webster] A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to [his task]. --Locke. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: tune n 1: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: {tune}, {melody}, {air}, {strain}, {melodic line}, {line}, {melodic phrase}] 2: the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune" 3: the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency v 1: adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine" [syn: {tune}, {tune up}] 2: adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano needs to be tuned" [syn: {tune}, {tune up}] [ant: {untune}] From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: tune vt. [from automotive or musical usage] To optimize a program or system for a particular environment, esp. by adjusting numerical parameters designed as {hook}s for tuning, e.g., by changing #define lines in C. One may tune for time (fastest execution), tune for space (least memory use), or tune for configuration (most efficient use of hardware). See {hot spot}, {hand-hacking}.