keyed

American  

[keed] / kid /

adjective

1. fitted with keys. key.

2. fastened or secured by a key.

3. Music. pitched in a specific key.

4. reinforced by a keystone.

5. coordinated, as with a basic color or idea; harmonized (sometimes used in combination).

   color-keyed carpeting.

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Other Word Forms

• unkeyed adjective

Etymology

Origin of keyed

First recorded in 1790–1800; key ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

These are called “honest” dogs and are keyed to running somehow more than other dogs.

From Literature

After a second, the panel lit up, and he keyed in what had to be a twenty-digit code.

From Literature

Among them are working drawings that prescribe the profile of every block of stone, each keyed to its exact place in the building, whether gable, tracery or buttress.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s doubtful that any trading algorithms kicked in, except those that might have been keyed to a sharp reversal of trading sentiment from earlier in the week, when it was pretty sour.

From Los Angeles Times

That relentless defense has keyed consecutive home playoff victories.

From The Wall Street Journal