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(verb) harmonize with or adjust to; "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude" |
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Related Words: harmonize, reconcile |
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(verb) regulate the musical pitch of |
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Related Words: chord, harmonize |
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(verb) vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key" |
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Related Words: vandalise, vandalize |
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(verb) provide with a key; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building" |
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Related Words: furnish, provide, render, supply |
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(noun) metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into a lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated |
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Related Words: device, ignition key, master key, passe-partout, passkey |
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(noun) a lever that actuates a mechanism when depressed |
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Related Words: backspace key, backspacer, command key, control key, lever, return, return key, space bar, tab key, telegraph key |
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(noun) pitch of the voice; "he spoke in a low key" |
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Related Words: pitch |
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(noun) something crucial for explaining; "the key to development is economic integration" |
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Related Words: explanation |
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(noun) a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations |
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Related Words: key word, list, listing |
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(noun) any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music |
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Synonyms: tonality |
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Related Words: musical notation |
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(noun) a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida |
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Synonyms: Florida keys, cay |
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Related Words: coral reef |
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(satellite adjective) effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word" |
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Synonyms: operative |
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(noun) used to wind a spring-driven device (as a clock) |
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Synonyms: winder |
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Related Words: mechanical device, watch key |
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(verb) as in in botany or biology, for example |
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Synonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key out, name |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: cardinal, central, fundamental, primal |
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(noun) one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the System International d'Unites |
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Synonyms: kg, kilo, kilogram |
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Related Words: metric weight unit, weight unit |
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