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keyed

 
Adjective keyed has 3 senses
  1. attuned, keyed, tuned - so adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony; "an industry not attuned to the demands of the market"; "a remark keyed to the situation"; "charges finely tuned to the amount a student can afford"
    Antonym: unadjusted (indirect, via adjusted)
  2. keyed - fitted with or secured by a key; "a keyed instrument"; "the locks have not yet been keyed"
    Antonym:
    keyless
  3. keyed - set to a key or tone
    Antonyms:
    atonal, unkeyed (indirect, via tonal)
Verb key has 5 senses
  1. identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name - identify as in botany or biology, for example
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. key - provide with a key; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building"
    --2 is one way to
    supply, provide, render, furnish
    Derived form: noun key1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. key - vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key; "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot"
    --3 is one way to
    vandalize, vandalise
    Derived form: noun key1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. key - regulate the musical pitch of
    --4 is one way to
    harmonize, harmonise, chord
    Derived forms: noun key3, noun key4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
  5. key - harmonize with or adjust to; "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"
    --5 is one way to
    harmonize, harmonise, reconcile
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
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