20. tune sing or whistle a different tune, to contradict one's previous opinions in response to changes in one's circumstances.
21. tune to the tune of, in the amount of; for the cost of.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (n.); unexplained var. of tone)
Definition of 'tune'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
2. (noun)tune the property of producing accurately a note of a givenpitch "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
1. (noun)tune a series of musical notes that sound pleasant; = melody I like the tune, but not the words.
2. tune in tune with having a strong understanding or connection with a politician who is in tune with the country's needs
3. tune to the tune of emphasizes how large an amount of money is He bought himself a big house, to the tune of $4 million.
4. (verb)tune to adjust a musical instrument to make it play the correct notes She tuned up her violin.
5. tune to move the controls on a radio to find a station He tuned the radio to 98.5.
6. tune be tuned to to be listening to You're tuned to Austin's best rock.
7. tune to adjust an engine so it runs better The engine needs tuning.
Definition of 'tune'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)tune a sound; a note; a tone
2. (noun)tune 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 psalmtune. See Air
3. (noun)tune 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
4. (noun)tune order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; rightmood
5. (verb)tune 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
6. (verb)tune to givetone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious
10. (verb)tune to utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum
Definitions of 'tune'
The New Hacker's Dictionary
1. tune [from automotive or musical usage] To optimize a program or system
for a particular environment, esp. by adjusting numerical parameters
designed as hooks 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.
Definitions of tune 
Afrikaans: wysie, melodie
Arabic: نَغَم، لَحْن
Bulgarian: мелодия
Brazilian: melodia
Czech: melodie; písnička
German: die Melodie
Danish: melodi
Greek: σκοπός, μελωδία
Spanish: melodía
Estonian: viis, meloodia
Farsi: آهنگ
Finnish: sävelmä
French: air
Hebrew: לַחַן, מַנגִינָה
Hindi: धुन
Croatian: napjev, melodija
Hungarian: dallam
Indonesian: lagu
Icelandic: lag
Italian: melodia, motivo
Japanese: 旋律
Korean: 악곡
Lithuanian: melodija
Latvian: melodija
Malay: tiun
Dutch: wijsje
Norwegian: melodi, låt
Polish: melodia
Persian: آهنگ
Pashto: اواز
Portuguese: melodia
Romanian: melodie
Russian: мелодия
Slovak: melódia; pesnička
Slovenian: napev
Serbian: melodija
Swedish: melodi, låt
Thai: ทำนอง
Turkish: melodi, nağme
Taiwanese: 旋律
Ukrainian: мотив, мелодія
Urdu: سُر، لے
Vietnamese: giaiđiệu
Chinese: 曲调
