Word Finder - tuned

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To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.

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to tune a piano or a violin

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To adjust or modify (esp. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.

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Tune your mind, and anything becomes possible.

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To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.

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Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows.

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(e.g. of senses or faculties) To adapt to or direct towards a particular target.

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My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.

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To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.

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To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.

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To give a certain tone or character to.

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To sing with melody or harmony.

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To cheek; to be impudent towards.

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Are you tuning me?

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Adjusted in pitch or resonance.

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The tuned wind chimes sounded almost like they were playing a melody.

Dean tuned Fred to the off position until his stepfather floated back to reality and continued.

The band tuned up relative to the principal cornet.

Dean tuned her out when she described the miscreant becoming impaled on a giant icicle while fair what's-her-name laughed in his face as he slowly bled to death before her.

Without looking at anyone, "Uncle" blew the dust off it and, tapping the case with his bony fingers, tuned the guitar and settled himself in his armchair.

It's your skis that need to be tuned, not your ski bindings.

Stay tuned to LTK celebrity for more breaking gossip on this failed union.

The show started out with strong ratings as curiosity seekers tuned it, but the audience soon dropped off.

The millions of viewers that tuned into Hannah Montana a week after its inaugural episode proved the show was a hit.

Although not everybody is a reality TV buff, if you haven't tuned in to a Dancing with the Stars episode, you've missed out on a whole lot of fun and suspense.

Stay tuned to see how this whole thing unfolds.

Stay tuned for an all but guaranteed round four in the Michael Jackson estate drama.

When Barack Obama took the oath of office on January 20, 2009, tens of millions of people around the world tuned into watch the historic event.

If you want what could be seen as a better chance at tickets keep an eye on the Bud Light website and keep your ear tuned to your favorite hard rock radio station.

When you are holding a guitar that is tuned in standard tuning, the string that produces the highest pitch is the bottom string, or the string that is closest to your legs.

The lines are arranged in the same order as strings on a guitar, and the corresponding notes change based on how the guitar is tuned.

The goal is to have the string wrap around the tuning peg three times when the string is tuned up to pitch.

You want to ultimately end up with each string tuned up to pitch and wound around the peg a total of three or four times.

Strings that are on their way out often need to be tuned more often.

Not a fingerstyle guitar player in the traditional sense, Hedges played acoustic guitar tuned to alternate tunings and combined various techniques such as right hand hammer-ons and percussive slapping to create his amazing sound.

In fact, a lap steel can be tuned in almost any tuning imaginable.

In addition to their use of drop tuned guitars and basses, the band employs two percussionists, electronics and even turntables to create their signature sound.

Just in case you plan to escort a date home, make sure the radio is tuned in on a kickin' channel, don't blow your cover this late in the game.

With a well tuned car and proper driving techniques, drivers do not need to fear winter driving conditions.

Make sure you have extra batteries on hand, and keep it tuned to the local station that provides emergency broadcast updates.

Graphics are finely tuned and appear more life-like than ever before.

These change fairly often, so stay tuned to some of your favorite online forums and websites to see if they have any new codes for free TracFone units.

This snail-shaped structure contains fluid and thousands of microscopic hair cells tuned to various frequencies, in addition to the organ of Corti (the receptor for hearing).

Again, to find out if your favorite performers will be on tour in 2008, stay tuned to your touring news and the newest season of Dancing with the Stars.

Cross is due just as the show finishes taping Season Three, so stay tuned to see if Marcia Cross' pregnant state becomes another storyline for her character.

In short, stay tuned to see what this bombshell beauty will wear next.

Girls in this age group are likely to be more tuned into style than their younger sisters and also subject to a great deal of peer pressure.

Even if you think they are occupied, they will be tuned in to your conversation.

Environmentally conscious and outdoorsy, kids with high naturalistic intelligence are tuned into the natural world.

Deprived of the sensory input of sound, your visual acuity becomes more finely tuned as you search for evidence of ghosts on your computer screen.

When soap operas first began airing as radio dramas in the 30s and 40s, what appealed to the fans that tuned in daily or weekly was the personalities that came through the radio box.

Listeners tuned in to hear what would happen next with characters they grew to love though they had never 'seen' them.

One point represents one percent of 1,128,000 households, while share refers to the percentage of television sets actually in use and tuned in to the program in question.

This means that 2.2 percent of households were tuned in to the soap opera at some point during its airing, and that 12 percent of television sets in use at that moment were tuned in to the soap opera.

The first win for the soap opera occurred in 1981 during the height of Luke and Laura fame and the year that saw another daytime record broken when 30 million viewers tuned in to watch their wedding.

Many former viewers tuned back in just to see that.

Old and new fans tuned in to see Patrick Duffy appear as Stephen Logan (Brooke's father).

Millions of viewers tuned in to find out what would happen with Rubi and her paramours.

Meanwhile, viewers in the United Kingdom and Ireland tune into Summerland on Living, and fans in the Middle East stay tuned on MBC 4.

More than 30 million viewers tuned into to watch the fictional couple exchange wedding vows in 1981 making the episode the highest-rated hour in soap opera history.

Viewers tuned in to listen to Karen Wolek's confessions on the stand, to watch Viki and Niki reunite and to see Dorian and David plot, fall in love and much more.

It worked, listeners tuned in to hear what would happen and what advice her characters would give in the ongoing daytime drama.

More than 20 million viewers tuned in to watch their wedding in the early 1980s.

The fans who have been there since the beginning definitely don't want to miss a single episode, and the johnny-come-lately fans often want to catch up to find out everything that happened before they tuned in.

If you haven't yet tuned into the phenomenon that is 'Inked', isn't it time to find out what you've been missing?

They release about two new watches every year so stay tuned for even more exciting timepieces from this company.