key
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Is key a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of key?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.Examples: "We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked, of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock."countable
2. (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.Examples: "Press the Escape key."
3. (music)
4. (music)
5. (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.Examples: "the key of B-flat major"; "A girl, it is true, has always lived in a glass house among reproving relatives, whose word was law; she has been bred up to sacrifice her judgments and take the key submissively from dear papa; and it is wonderful how swiftly she can change her tune into the husband's."
6. (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
verb (English)
1. (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
2. (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
3. (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.Examples: "Our instructor told us to key in our user IDs."
4. (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.Examples: "He keyed the car that had taken his parking spot."colloquial
5. (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.intransitive
6. (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.Examples: "Keying advertisements and counting the number of inquiries received or the number of coupons returned to indicate the "pulling power" of a particular piece of copy or the coverage of a particular advertising medium."; "Another popular way to key ads and mailings is to use a suite number, room number, department number, desk number, etc. as part of the ordering address. With a classified ad, using such a key may increase your ad cost. Why? Because you're using an extra word or two to key the ad."transitive
noun (English)
1. (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.Examples: "So starting with ten keys of cocaine and two keys of heroin, Derrick put his plan in motion. Soon every major drug dealer and gang chief from Chicago Avenue to Evanston was in his pocket."Synonyms: kayslang
Definition source: Wiktionary