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tune down

tune down verb: to tune an instrument by decreasing its pitch.

Verb

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

  1. To tune an instrument by decreasing its pitch
    • Tune down the guitar a bit, you're slightly sharp.

Forms of tune down

third-person singular presenttunes down
present participletuning down
past participletuned down
pasttuned down

Questions about tune down

What does tune down mean?
Tune down means to tune an instrument by decreasing its pitch.
What part of speech is tune down?
Tune down is a verb.
What is the past tense of tune down?
The past tense of tune down is tuned down.

Words near tune down in the dictionary

  1. tundrites
  2. tundun
  3. tunduns
  4. Tundup
  5. tune
  6. tune down
  7. tune in
  8. tune in, turn on, drop out
  9. tune out
  10. tune the old cow died of
  11. tune up

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