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Key
kiː
- a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it
"there were two keys to the cupboard"
- a shaped metal implement for operating a switch in the form of a lock, especially one operating the ignition of a motor vehicle
"Nat turned the key in the ignition"
- an instrument for grasping and turning a screw, peg, or nut, especially one for winding a clock or turning a valve
- a pin, bolt, or wedge inserted into a hole or between parts so as to lock the parts together
- each of several buttons on a panel for operating a computer, typewriter, or telephone
"press the ENTER key"
- a lever depressed by the finger in playing an instrument such as the organ, piano, flute, or concertina
"a piece composed solely for the white keys on the piano"
- a lever operating a mechanical device for making or breaking an electric circuit, for example in telegraphy
- a thing that provides a means of achieving or understanding something
"discipline seems to be the key to her success"
- an explanatory list of symbols used in a map, table, etc.
- a set of answers to exercises or problems
"a key at the back of the book provides the answers"
- a word or system for solving a cipher or code
"it took him some time to find the key, the connection between the code and the Odyssey"
- the first move in the solution of a chess problem
- a field in a record which is used to identify that record uniquely
- a group of notes based on a particular note and comprising a scale, regarded as forming the tonal basis of a piece of music
"the key of E minor"
- the tone or pitch of someone's voice
"his voice had changed to a lower key"
- the prevailing tone of a piece of writing, situation, etc.
"it was like the sixties all over again, in a new, more austerely intellectual key"
- the prevailing range of tones in a painting
"these mauves, lime greens, and saffron yellows recall the high key of El Greco's palette"
- the dry winged fruit of an ash, maple, or sycamore, typically growing in bunches; a samara
- the part of a first coat of wall plaster that passes between the laths and so secures the rest
- the roughness of a surface, helping the adhesion of plaster or other material
- the keyhole-shaped area marked on the court near each basket
"he hit another jumper from the top of the key"
- of crucial importance
"she became a key figure in the suffragette movement"
- enter or operate on (data) by means of a keyboard or keypad
"not everyone can key data quickly and accurately"
- fasten (something) in position with a pin, wedge, or bolt
"the coils may be keyed into the slots by fibre wedges"
- roughen (a surface) to help the adhesion of plaster or other material
"a wooden float with nails driven through it is used to key the wall surface between coats"
- word (an advertisement in a periodical), typically by varying the form of the address given, so as to identify the publication generating particular responses
"one keys advertisements and measures returns"
- vandalize (a car) by scraping its paint with a key
- be the crucial factor in achieving
"Ewing keyed a 73–35 advantage on the boards with twenty rebounds"