To screw or turn (the pin or pins of a musical instrument) so as to tighten or tune the strings; to tune or tighten (a stringed instrument, its…

To extend with some effort; to subject to tension, to stretch. To tighten up (the strings of a musical instrument) so as to raise the pitch. Also…

transitive. To fit or furnish (a musical instrument) with a string or strings; to fix strings in. Also poetic, to tighten the strings of (an…

To slacken (the strings or pegs of a musical instrument). Obsolete.

To tighten with or as with a wrest or wrench; †to tune (a harp, etc.) in this way. Also with up.

In reference to the strings of a musical instrument (see sense 20a); figurative to put in tune.

transitive. To tighten the strings of a musical instrument by turning the pins or pegs around which they are passed. (With the pins or the strings…

transitive. To tighten (the strings of a musical instrument), in order to alter the pitch, by turning the tuning pegs or keys. Also: to tighten the…

To tighten (strings) so as to raise their pitch. Obsolete.

transitive. To tighten (the strings of a musical instrument), in order to alter the pitch, by turning the tuning pegs or keys. Also: to tighten…