TUNE-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tune-up mean? 

• TUNE-UP (noun)
  The noun TUNE-UP has 2 senses:

1. exercising in preparation for strenuous activity

2. adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance

  Familiarity information: TUNE-UP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUNE-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exercising in preparation for strenuous activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

prolusion; tune-up; warm-up

Hypernyms ("tune-up" is a kind of...):

preparation; readying (the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("tune-up" is a kind of...):

adjustment; readjustment; registration (the act of adjusting something to match a standard)

Derivation:

tune up (adjust for (better) functioning)