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cross-tune

cross-tune verb: to give an alternative tuning to (the open strings of a string instrument).

Verb

cross-tune (third-person singular simple present cross-tunes, present participle cross-tuning, simple past and past participle cross-tuned)

  1. (transitive) To give an alternative tuning to (the open strings of a string instrument).

Forms of cross-tune

third-person singular presentcross-tunes
present participlecross-tuning
past participlecross-tuned
pastcross-tuned

Origin of cross-tune

From cross- + tune.

Questions about cross-tune

What does cross-tune mean?
Cross-tune means to give an alternative tuning to (the open strings of a string instrument).
What part of speech is cross-tune?
Cross-tune is a verb.
What is the past tense of cross-tune?
The past tense of cross-tune is cross-tuned.

Words near cross-tune in the dictionary

  1. cross-transmits
  2. cross-transmitted
  3. cross-transmitting
  4. cross-tree
  5. cross-trees
  6. cross-tune
  7. cross-tuned
  8. cross-tunes
  9. cross-tuning
  10. cross-tunings
  11. cross-tunnel

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