What is the meaning of keyed?

verb

  • Identify as in botany or biology, for example.
  • Provide with a key.
    • usage: "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building"
  • Vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key.
    • usage: "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot"
  • Regulate the musical pitch of.
  • Harmonize with or adjust to.
    • usage: "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"

adjective

  • Fitted with or secured by a key.
    • usage: "a keyed instrument"; "the locks have not yet been keyed"
  • Set to a key or tone. .
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APAWordNet. (2010). keyed. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/keyed/definitions/1177161
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