Key tarimas:

/ki:/

Key audio:

Žodžio paaiškinimas anglų kalba:

• noun: A notched and grooved, usually metal implement that is turned to open or close a lock.
• noun: A similar device used for opening or winding: the key of a clock; a can that has a key attached.
• noun: A means of access, control, or possession.
• noun: A vital, crucial element.
• noun: A set of answers to a test.
• noun: A table, gloss, or cipher for decoding or interpreting.
• noun: A device, such as a wedge or pin, inserted to lock together mechanical or structural parts.
• noun: Architecture The keystone in the crown of an arch.
• noun: A button or lever that is depressed to operate a machine.
• noun: A button that is depressed to cause a corresponding character or function to be typed or executed by a typewriter or to be accepted as input by a computer.
• noun: Music A button or lever that is depressed with the finger to produce or modulate the sound of an instrument, such as a clarinet or piano.
• noun: Music A tonal system consisting of seven tones in fixed relationship to a tonic, having a characteristic key signature and being the structural foundation of the bulk of Western music; tonality.
• noun: Music The principal tonality of a work: an etude in the key of E.
• noun: The pitch of a voice or other sound.
• noun: A characteristic tone or level of intensity, as of a speech or sales campaign. Often used in combination: high-key; low-key.
• noun: Botany A samara.
• noun: An outline of the distinguishing characteristics of a group of organisms, used as a guide in taxonomic identification.
• noun: Basketball An area at each end of the court between the base line and the foul line and including the jump-ball circle at the foul line: a jump shot from the top of the key.
• adjective: Of crucial importance; significant: key decisions; the key element of the thesis.
• verb-transitive: To lock with or as if with a key.
• verb-transitive: Architecture To furnish (an arch) with a keystone.
• verb-transitive: Music To regulate the pitch of.
• verb-transitive: To bring into harmony; adjust or adapt.
• verb-transitive: To supply an explanatory key for.
• verb-transitive: To operate (a device), as for typesetting, by means of a keyboard.
• verb-transitive: To enter (data) into a computer by means of a keyboard.
• verb-transitive: To identify (a biological specimen).
• verb-transitive: To vandalize or mar by scratching with a key: Vandals keyed the cars left in the parking garage.
• verb-intransitive: To pay close attention; focus: improved service by keying on customer complaints; keyed in on the main points of the lecture.
• verb-intransitive: Sports To watch or cover an opposing player closely in an effort to limit the player's effectiveness. Used with on: "[She] still carries the burden of scoring ... even though opponents key on her throughout every game” ( Josh Barr).
• phrasal-verb: key up To make intense, excited, or nervous.
• idiom: in key In consonance with other factors.
• idiom: out of key Not in consonance with other factors.
• noun: A low offshore island or reef, especially in the Gulf of Mexico; a cay.
• noun: Slang A kilogram of marijuana, cocaine, or heroin.

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namas

to got /have the key of the street atsidurti gatvėje

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golden/silver key kyšiai

papirkimas

I n povandeninė sala

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