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key


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  key 
 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  key 
 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  key 
 
  1  of  5  senses  of  key 
 
  Sense  1 
  identify,  discover,  key,  key  out  distinguish,  describe,  name 
  =>  classify,  class,  sort,  assort,  sort  out  separate 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  key 
 
  5  senses  of  key 
 
  Sense  1 
  identify,  discover,  key,  key  out  distinguish,  describe,  name 
 
  Sense  2 
  key 
  =>  supply,  provide,  render,  furnish 
 
  Sense  3 
  key 
  =>  vandalize,  vandalise 
 
  Sense  4 
  key 
  =>  harmonize,  harmonise,  chord 
 
  Sense  5 
  key 
  =>  harmonize,  harmonise,  reconcile 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  key 
 
  key  used  as  a  verb  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  5) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  key 
 
  Sense  1 
  identify,  discover,  key,  key  out  distinguish,  describe,  name 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  key 
  =>  supply,  provide,  render,  furnish 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  key 
  =>  vandalize,  vandalise 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  4 
  key 
  =>  harmonize,  harmonise,  chord 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  5 
  key 
  =>  harmonize,  harmonise,  reconcile 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  key 
  african  green  monkey 
  ash-key 
  backspace  key 
  blended  whiskey 
  bonnet  monkey 
  brass  monkey 
  brush  turkey 
  capital  of  turkey 
  chokey 
  church  key 
  cold  turkey 
  colobus  monkey 
  command  key 
  control  key 
  corn  whiskey 
  croo  monkey 
  crown  monkey 
  darkey 
  de  bakey 
  dickey 
  disc  jockey 
  disk  jockey 
  dohickey 
  donkey 
  doohickey 
  field  hockey 
  flunkey 
  francis  scott  key 
  francis  scott  key  fitzgerald 
  gin  rickey 
  grease  monkey 
  green  monkey 
  guenon  monkey 
  hankey 
  hickey 
  hockey 
  honkey 
  howler  monkey 
  hussar  monkey 
  ice  hockey 
  ignition  key 
  irish  whiskey 
  jimhickey 
  jockey 
  key 
  key  fruit 
  key  lime 
  key  palm 
  key  ring 
  key  signature 
  key  west 
  key  word 
  keyboard 
  keyboard  buffer 
  keyhole 
  keyhole  limpet 
  keyhole  saw 
  keynes 
  keynesianism 
  keynote 
  keynote  address 
  keynote  speech 
  keystone 
  keystone  state 
  lackey 
  latchkey 
  leakey 
  lion  monkey 
  louis  leakey 
  louis  seymour  bazett  leakey 
  malt  whiskey 
  mary  douglas  leakey 
  mary  leakey 
  master  key 
  michael  ellis  de  bakey 
  mickey 
  monkey 
  new  world  monkey 
  ocellated  turkey 
  okey 
  old  world  monkey 
  passkey 
  plain  turkey 
  pokey 
  powder  monkey 
  proboscis  monkey 
  punkey 
  republic  of  turkey 
  return  key 
  rhesus  monkey 
  richard  erskine  leakey 
  richard  leakey 
  richard  starkey 
  rickey 
  rye  whiskey 
  scotch  whiskey 
  screw  key 
  skeleton  key 
  sour  mash  whiskey 
  spider  monkey 
  squirrel  monkey 
  tab  key 
  telegraph  key 
  titi  monkey 
  tom  turkey 
  turkey 
  turnkey 
  vervet  monkey 
  watch  key 
  water  turkey 
  whiskey 
  woolly  monkey 
 
  Overview  of  noun  key 
 
  The  noun  key  has  10  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (14)  key  --  (metal  device  shaped  in  such  a  way  that  when  it  is  inserted  into  the  appropriate  lock  the  lock's  mechanism  can  be  rotated) 
  2.  (4)  key  --  (something  crucial  for  explaining;  "the  key  to  development  is  economic  integration") 
  3.  (2)  key  --  (pitch  of  the  voice;  "he  spoke  in  a  low  key") 
  4.  (1)  key,  tonality  --  (any  of  24  major  or  minor  diatonic  scales  that  provide  the  tonal  framework  for  a  piece  of  music) 
  5.  kilogram,  kg  kilo,  key  --  (one  thousand  grams;  the  basic  unit  of  mass  adopted  under  the  System  International  d'Unites;  "a  kilogram  is  approximately  2.2  pounds";  "they  were  carrying  two  keys  of  heroin") 
  6.  Key,  Francis  Scott  Key  --  (United  States  lawyer  and  poet  who  wrote  a  poem  after  witnessing  the  British  attack  on  Baltimore  during  the  War  of  1812;  the  poem  was  later  set  to  music  and  entitled  `The  Star-Spangled  Banner'  (1779-1843)) 
  7.  key,  cay,  Florida  keys  --  (a  coral  reef  off  the  southern  coast  of  Florida) 
  8.  key  --  (a  list  of  words  or  phrases  that  explain  symbols  or  abbreviations) 
  9.  winder,  key  --  (mechanical  device  used  to  wind  another  device  that  is  driven  by  a  spring  (as  a  clock)) 
  10.  key  --  (a  lever  that  actuates  a  mechanism  when  depressed) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  key 
 
  The  verb  key  has  5  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  identify,  discover,  key,  key  out  distinguish,  describe,  name  --  (as  in  in  botany  or  biology,  for  example) 
  2.  key  --  (provide  with  a  key;  "We  were  keyed  after  the  locks  were  changed  in  the  building") 
  3.  key  --  (vandalize  a  car  by  scratching  the  sides  with  a  key") 
  4.  key  --  (regulate  the  musical  pitch  of) 
  5.  key  --  (harmonize  with  or  adjust  to  "key  one's  actions  to  the  voters'  prevailing  attitude") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  key 
 
  The  adj  key  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  cardinal,  central,  fundamental,  key,  primal  --  (serving  as  an  essential  component;  "a  cardinal  rule";  "the  central  cause  of  the  problem";  "an  example  that  was  fundamental  to  the  argument";  "computers  are  fundamental  to  modern  industrial  structure") 
  2.  operative,  key  --  (effective;  producing  a  desired  effect;  "the  operative  word") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  key 
 
  2  senses  of  key 
 
  Sense  1 
  cardinal,  central,  fundamental,  key,  primal 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  important)  ->  unimportant 
 
  Sense  2 
  operative,  key 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  significant)  ->  insignificant,  unimportant 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  key 
 
  2  senses  of  key 
 
  Sense  1 
  cardinal,  central,  fundamental,  key,  primal 
  =>  important  (vs.  unimportant),  of  import 
 
  Sense  2 
  operative,  key 
  =>  significant  (vs.  insignificant),  important 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  key 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  key 
 
  key  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  key 
  dickey 
  flakey 
  flukey 
  key 
  keyed 
  keyless 
  keynesian 
  low-key 
  off-key 
  on-key 
  pokey 
 
  Overview  of  noun  key 
 
  The  noun  key  has  10  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (14)  key  --  (metal  device  shaped  in  such  a  way  that  when  it  is  inserted  into  the  appropriate  lock  the  lock's  mechanism  can  be  rotated) 
  2.  (4)  key  --  (something  crucial  for  explaining;  "the  key  to  development  is  economic  integration") 
  3.  (2)  key  --  (pitch  of  the  voice;  "he  spoke  in  a  low  key") 
  4.  (1)  key,  tonality  --  (any  of  24  major  or  minor  diatonic  scales  that  provide  the  tonal  framework  for  a  piece  of  music) 
  5.  kilogram,  kg  kilo,  key  --  (one  thousand  grams;  the  basic  unit  of  mass  adopted  under  the  System  International  d'Unites;  "a  kilogram  is  approximately  2.2  pounds";  "they  were  carrying  two  keys  of  heroin") 
  6.  Key,  Francis  Scott  Key  --  (United  States  lawyer  and  poet  who  wrote  a  poem  after  witnessing  the  British  attack  on  Baltimore  during  the  War  of  1812;  the  poem  was  later  set  to  music  and  entitled  `The  Star-Spangled  Banner'  (1779-1843)) 
  7.  key,  cay,  Florida  keys  --  (a  coral  reef  off  the  southern  coast  of  Florida) 
  8.  key  --  (a  list  of  words  or  phrases  that  explain  symbols  or  abbreviations) 
  9.  winder,  key  --  (mechanical  device  used  to  wind  another  device  that  is  driven  by  a  spring  (as  a  clock)) 
  10.  key  --  (a  lever  that  actuates  a  mechanism  when  depressed) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  key 
 
  The  verb  key  has  5  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  identify,  discover,  key,  key  out  distinguish,  describe,  name  --  (as  in  in  botany  or  biology,  for  example) 
  2.  key  --  (provide  with  a  key;  "We  were  keyed  after  the  locks  were  changed  in  the  building") 
  3.  key  --  (vandalize  a  car  by  scratching  the  sides  with  a  key") 
  4.  key  --  (regulate  the  musical  pitch  of) 
  5.  key  --  (harmonize  with  or  adjust  to  "key  one's  actions  to  the  voters'  prevailing  attitude") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  key 
 
  The  adj  key  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  cardinal,  central,  fundamental,  key,  primal  --  (serving  as  an  essential  component;  "a  cardinal  rule";  "the  central  cause  of  the  problem";  "an  example  that  was  fundamental  to  the  argument";  "computers  are  fundamental  to  modern  industrial  structure") 
  2.  operative,  key  --  (effective;  producing  a  desired  effect;  "the  operative  word") 



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