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FINE-TUNE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring

Example:

graduate a cylinder

Synonyms:

calibrate; fine-tune; graduate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "fine-tune" is one way to...):

adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)

Sentence frame:

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Sense 2

Meaning:

Adjust finely

Example:

fine-tune the engine

Synonyms:

fine-tune; tweak

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "fine-tune" is one way to...):

tune; tune up (adjust for (better) functioning)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

Example:

refine one's style of writing

Synonyms:

down; fine-tune; polish; refine

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "fine-tune" is one way to...):

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fine-tune"):

over-refine; overrefine (refine too much or with excess of subtlety)

civilise; civilize; cultivate; educate; school; train (teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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