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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tune \Tune\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Tuned}; 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.
2. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
For now to sorrow must I tune my song. --Milton.
3. To sing with melody or harmony.
Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. --Milton.
4. To put into a proper state or disposition. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tuned
adjective
1: brought to correct pitch; "his tuned violin"; "the attuned instruments" [syn: {attuned}]
2: so adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony; "an industry not attuned to the demands of the market"; "a remark keyed to the situation"; "charges finely tuned to the amount a student can afford" [syn: {attuned}, {keyed}]
3: tuned in equal temperament; or so tuned as to allow modulation into other keys
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "tuned": accordant, according, assonant, assonantal, attuned, blended, blending, chiming, concordant, consonant, harmonic, harmonious, harmonizing, homophonic, in accord, in chorus, in concert, in concord, in sync, in tune, in unison, melodic, monodic, monophonic, musical, songful, symphonious, synchronized, synchronous, tuneful, unisonant, unisonous
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