'To key up' definitions:
Definition of 'To key up'
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- Key \Key\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Keved; p. pr. & vb. n. Keying.]
- 1. To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges. --Francis. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Computers) To enter (text, data) using keys, especially those on a keyboard; to keyboard; as, to key the data in by hand. [PJC]
- 3. To adjust so as to be maximally effective in a particular situation; -- of actions, plans, or speech; as, to key one's campaign speech to each local audience. [PJC]
- 4. To furnish with a key or keys. [PJC]
- To key up. (a) (Arch.) To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly. (b) (Mus.) To raise the pitch of. (c) Hence, (fig.), to produce nervous tension in; as, the whole team was keyed up for the championship game. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To key up'
- Key,
- Keyed,
- Keyes,
- Keying,
- Keys,
- key out,
- key up,
- keyed up,
- off key,
- Cedar Key,
- Change key,
- Cipher key,
- Cudjoe Key,
- Duck Key,
- False key,
- Foot key,
- Gib and key,
- Key Biscayne,
- Key Largo,
- Key West,
- Key bed,
- Key bolt,
- Key bugle,
- Key fruit,
- Key of a country,
- Key of a position,
- Key seat,
- Key tone,
- Key way,
- Key wrench,
- Keyed bugle,
- Keyes, CA,
- Keyes, OK,
- Keys, OK,
- Longboat Key,
- Major key,
- Manasota Key,
- Master key,
- Night key,
- Nose key,
- Power of the keys,
- Screw key,
- Siesta Key,
- Skeleton key,
- Split key,
- Tooth key,
- backspace key,
- church key,
- command key,
- control key,
- florida key,
- greek key,
- home key,
- ignition key,
- key lime,
- key palm,
- key pattern,
- key ring,
- key signature,
- key stroke,
- key word,
- minor key,
- off-key,
- on-key,
- return key,
- shift key,
- space key,
- tab key,
- telegraph key,
- tonic key,
- watch key,
- Big Coppitt Key,
- Big Pine Key,
- Cedar Key, FL,
- Cudjoe Key, FL,
- Duck Key, FL,
- Key Biscayne, FL,
- Key Colony Beach,
- Key Largo, FL,
- Key West, FL,
- Key-cold,
- Longboat Key, FL,
- Manasota Key, FL,
- North Key Largo,
- Pass-key,
- Siesta Key, FL,
- ash-key,
- francis scott key,
- high-keyed,
- low-key,
- low-keyed,
- Big Coppitt Key, FL,
- Big Pine Key, FL,
- Key Colony Beach, FL,
- North Key Largo, FL,
- door-key child,
- francis scott key fitzgerald,
- public-key encryption