1. Fitted with or secured by a key
   "a keyed instrument"; "the locks have not yet been keyed"
    
2. Set to a key or tone
   "The song was keyed in C major"

1. Harmonize with or adjust to
   "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"
    
2. (music) regulate the musical pitch of
   "The pianist keyed the instrument before the performance"
    
3. Provide with a key
   "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building"
    
4. Classify or apply the appropriate name to, e.g. in botany or biology
   "The botanist keyed out the plant species";
   - identify, discover, key out, distinguish, describe, name
    
5. Vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
   "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot"

See also: tonal

Type of: chord, determine, furnish, harmonise [Brit], harmonize, offer, provide, reconcile, render, set, supply, vandalise [Brit], vandalize

Antonym: keyless

Encyclopedia: Key, Ohio