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untunes

untunes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of untune.

Meaning of untune

Verb

untune (third-person singular simple present untunes, present participle untuning, simple past and past participle untuned)

  1. (transitive) To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action.
    • How could communities, […] / Prerogative of age, crowns, sceptres, laurels, / But by degree, stand in authentic place? / Take but degree away, untune that string, / And, hark, what discord follows!c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    Synonyms:
    detune, distune

Questions about untunes

What is untunes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Untunes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of untune.

Words near untunes in the dictionary

  1. untuneably
  2. untuned
  3. untuneful
  4. untunefully
  5. untunefulness
  6. untunes
  7. untuning
  8. untunneled
  9. untunnelled
  10. untupped
  11. unturbaned

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