vverb.cognitionidentify as in botany or biology, for exampleSynset:describe discover distinguish identify key key out name
Derivationally Related Form:namenamingidentityidentifiableidentification
Inherited Hypernyms:identify
Entailment:assort class classify separate sort out sort
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.possessionprovide with a keyExamples:- We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building
Derivationally Related Form:key
Hypernyms:furnish provide render supply
Inherited Hypernyms:keysupplygivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.contactvandalize a car by scratching the sides with a keyExamples:- His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot
Derivationally Related Form:key
Hypernyms:vandalise vandalize
Inherited Hypernyms:keyvandalizedestroy
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changeregulate the musical pitch ofTopic:music
Derivationally Related Form:key
Hypernyms:chord harmonise harmonize
Inherited Hypernyms:keyharmonizechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.changeharmonize with or adjust toExamples:- key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude
Hypernyms:harmonise harmonize reconcile
Inherited Hypernyms:keyharmonizeadjustchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody PP
adjadj.allfitted with or secured by a keyExamples:- a keyed instrument
- the locks have not yet been keyed
Antonyms:keyless
Inherited Hypernyms:keyed
adj satadj.allset to a key or toneAntonyms:atonal
Inherited Hypernyms:keyed
Similar to:tonal