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# tweak

verb (tweaks, tweaked, tweaking); noun

«tweak» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To pinch and twist something quickly, such as a nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweak/#m1)
2. To make a small adjustment to something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweak/#m2)

### In the lessons

a playful pinch of the nose in a fairy tale

### Examples

- They tweaked Peter's nose and passed on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweak/#x1)
- I tweaked the settings on the screen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweak/#x2)
- Tweak the recipe a little. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweak/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tweak» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tweak/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tweak» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tweak.html) on Mova free.