Tune definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TUNE, n. [L. tonus.] 1. A series of musical notes in ... effect of which is harmony. Thus we say, a merry tune, a lively tune, a grave tune, a psalm tune, a martial tune. 2. Sound; note. 3. Harmony; order; ...
tune up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine" [syn: tune, tune up] 2: adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano ...
tune-up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: exercising in preparation for strenuous activity [syn: warm-up, tune-up, prolusion] 2: adjustments made to an engine to improve its ... general adjustment to insure operation at peak efficiency < an engine tune-up > 2. a preliminary trial ; warm-up
pick up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: take and lift upward [syn: pick up, lift up, gather up] 2: take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read" 3: give a ...
... go to walk, to pass.] 1. To lift; to take up; to heave; to lift from a low or reclining posture ... The angel smote Peter on the side and raised him up. Acts 12. 2. To set upright; as, to raise a mast. 3. To set up; to erect; to set on its foundations and put together ... Isaiah 29. amos 9. 5. To rebuild. They shall raise up the former desolations. Isaiah 61. 6. To form to some ... To excite to sedition, insurrection, war or tumult; to stir up. Acts 14. AEneas then employs his pains in parts remote ... the Tuscan swains. 15. To rouse; to awake; to stir up. They shall not awake, not be raised out of ...
... v.t. To utter with an affected tone. 1. To tune. [See Tune.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the quality of ... elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles" [syn: tone, tone up, strengthen] Merriam Webster's biographical name (Theobald) Wolfe 1763-1798 ... 3. a. to impart tone to ; strengthen < medicine to tone up the system > b. to soften or reduce in intensity, color ... and idioms: tone-arm the movable arm supporting the pick-up of a record-player. tone control a switch for varying ... emphatic. tone poem = symphonic poem. tone-row = SERIES 8. tone up 1 make or become stronger in tone of sound ...
... my shoes please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on] [ant: break, bust] 2: cause to be ... after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set] Merriam Webster's I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from ... fix the clock > b. restore, cure < the doctor fixed him up > c. spay, castrate 7. a. to get even with b ... determine the incidence of (liability etc.). 19 intr. archaic take up one's position. --n. 1 colloq. a position hard to ... appear motionless. fix on (or upon) choose, decide on. fix up 1 arrange, organize, prepare. 2 accommodate. 3 (often foll. ...
... the other. It is opposed to front or van. Bring up the rear. 2. The last class; the last in order ... I fell submiss; he rear'd me. 3. To bring up or to raise to maturity, as young; as, to rear ... wants a father to protect his youth, and rear him up to virtue. 5. To exalt; to elevate. Charity, decent, modest ... and rears the abject mind. 6. To rouse; to stir up. And seeks the tusky boar to rear. 7. To raise ... the photograph" [syn: rear, back] [ant: front] v 1: stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror" [syn: rear, rise up] 2: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [ ...
... nature strung the legs and feet? 2. To put in tune a stringed instrument. For here the muse so oft her ... as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical" [syn: string, string up] 3: move or come along [syn: string, string along] 4 ... transitive verb 1. a. to equip with strings b. to tune the strings of 2. to make tense ; key up 3. a. to thread on or as if on a ... thoughts together > 4. to hang by the neck — used with up 5. to remove the strings of < string beans > 6. ...
... in the proper order. 10. In music, to form a tune or piece of music with notes, arranging them on the ... before she could reply to this terrible insult" 6: make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn: frame, compose, draw up] Merriam Webster's verb (composed; composing) Etymology: Middle English, from ... art, esp. literature or music). b intr. compose music (gave up composing in 1917). 2 tr. constitute; make up (six tribes which composed the German nation). Usage: Preferred to ... tr. settle (a dispute etc.). 6 tr. Printing a set up (type) to form words and blocks of words. b ...
bring up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: summon into ... down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth] 2: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent] 3: promote from a lower position or ...
tone up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: give a ... elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles" [syn: tone, tone up, strengthen] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see tone 6 Soule's ... give a higher tone to. Moby Thesaurus atone, attune, brighten up, brush up, chord, fix, freshen, furbish, furbish up, polish, polish up, put in tune, renovate, repair, retouch, revive, rub up, ...
... by turning a stem; "wind your watch" [syn: wind, wind up] 6: form into a wreath [syn: wreathe, wind] 7: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle ... of < wind a clock > (2) obsolete to make tighter ; tighten, tune (3) crank e. to raise to a high level (as of excitement or tension) — usually used with up 3. a. to cause to move in a curving line ... quickly and deeply by exercise. 4 make (a baby) bring up wind after feeding. 5 detect the presence of by a ... suspect; hear a rumour of. get (or have) the wind up colloq. be alarmed or frightened. how (or which way) ...
... attention; to call off workmen from their employment. To call up, to bring into view or recollection; as, to call u ... also, to bring into action, or discussion; as, to call up a bill before a legislative body. To call over, to ... broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement [syn: margin call, call] 8: a ... and call me in the morning" [syn: call, telephone, call up, phone, ring] 4: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried ... by telephone < just called to say hello > — often used with up e. to make a demand in card games (as for ... meeting > e. to rouse from sleep or summon to get up f. (1) to give the order for ; bring into ...
fix up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: find (something or someone) for; "I'll fix you up with a nice girl" 2: make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?" [syn: arrange, fix up] Merriam Webster's transitive verb Date: 1764 1. refurbish < fix up the attic > 2. to set right ; settle < fixed up their dispute > 3. to provide with something needed or wanted ... for Collin's Cobuild Dictionary 1. If you fix something up, you arrange it. I fixed up an appointment to ...