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KEYING
- to lock with or as if with a key fasten as
- secure (as a pulley on a shaft) by a key
- finish off (an arch) by inserting a keystone
- regulate the musical pitch of
- KEY, to provide with a key (a device used to turn the bolt in a lock) [v]
- bring into harmony or conformity make appropriate attune remarks keyed to a situation
- identify (a biological specimen) by a key
- provide with identifying or explanatory cross-references instructions keyed to accompanying drawings John Gartner
- make nervous, tense, or excited usually used with up
- be essential to play the most important part in defense keyed the victory
- use a key
- observe the position or movement of an opposing player in football in order to anticipate the play usually used with on
- providing a key for (cryptography) [n -S]