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key
Overview of noun key
The noun key has 15 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (14) key -- (metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated)
2. (4) key -- (something crucial for explaining; "the key to development is economic integration")
3. (2) key -- (pitch of the voice; "he spoke in a low key")
4. (1) key, tonality -- (any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music)
5. key -- (a kilogram of a narcotic drug; "they were carrying two keys of heroin")
6. samara, key fruit, key -- (a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple)
7. Key, Francis Scott Key -- (United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843))
8. key, cay, Florida key -- (a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida)
9. key, paint -- ((basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint")
10. key -- (a list of answers to a test; "some students had stolen the key to the final exam")
11. key -- (a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations)
12. key -- (a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access; "a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it")
13. winder, key -- (mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock))
14. keystone, key, headstone -- (the central building block at the top of an arch or vault)
15. key -- (a lever that actuates a mechanism when depressed)
Overview of verb key
The verb key has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name -- (identify as in botany or biology, for example)
2. key -- (provide with a key; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building")
3. key -- (vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key; "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot")
4. key -- (regulate the musical pitch of)
5. key -- (harmonize with or adjust to; "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude")
Overview of adj key
The adj key has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (8) cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal -- (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")
2. operative, key -- (effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun key
15 senses of key
Sense 1
key
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
key
=> explanation
=> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
key
=> pitch
=> sound property
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
key, tonality
=> musical notation
=> notation, notational system
=> writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
key
=> kilogram, kg, kilo
=> metric weight unit, weight unit
=> mass unit
=> unit of measurement, unit
=> definite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> metric unit, metric
=> unit of measurement, unit
=> definite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
samara, key fruit, key
=> achene
=> fruit
=> reproductive structure
=> plant organ
=> plant part, plant structure
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 7
Key, Francis Scott Key
INSTANCE OF=> lawyer, attorney
=> professional, professional person
=> adult, grownup
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
INSTANCE OF=> poet
=> writer, author
=> communicator
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
key, cay, Florida key
=> coral reef
=> reef
=> ridge
=> natural elevation, elevation
=> geological formation, formation
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 9
key, paint
=> space
=> area, country
=> region
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 10
key
=> list, listing
=> database
=> information, info
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 11
key
=> list, listing
=> database
=> information, info
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 12
key
=> positive identification
=> identification
=> evidence
=> indication, indicant
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 13
winder, key
=> mechanical device
=> mechanism
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 14
keystone, key, headstone
=> building block
=> building material
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 15
key
=> lever
=> bar
=> implement
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun key
6 of 15 senses of key
Sense 1
key
=> ignition key
=> latchkey
=> passkey, passe-partout, master key, master
Sense 4
key, tonality
=> major key, major mode
=> minor key, minor mode
=> tonic key, home key
Sense 11
key
=> key word
Sense 13
winder, key
=> watch key
Sense 14
keystone, key, headstone
=> quoin, coign, coigne
Sense 15
key
=> backspace key, backspace, backspacer
=> control key, command key
=> return key, return
=> shift key, shift
=> space bar
=> tab key, tab
=> telegraph key
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun key
15 senses of key
Sense 1
key
=> device
Sense 2
key
=> explanation
Sense 3
key
=> pitch
Sense 4
key, tonality
=> musical notation
Sense 5
key
=> kilogram, kg, kilo
Sense 6
samara, key fruit, key
=> achene
Sense 7
Key, Francis Scott Key
INSTANCE OF=> lawyer, attorney
INSTANCE OF=> poet
Sense 8
key, cay, Florida key
=> coral reef
Sense 9
key, paint
=> space
Sense 10
key
=> list, listing
Sense 11
key
=> list, listing
Sense 12
key
=> positive identification
Sense 13
winder, key
=> mechanical device
Sense 14
keystone, key, headstone
=> building block
Sense 15
key
=> lever
Antonyms of noun key
Member Holonyms of noun key
1 of 15 senses of key
Sense 15
key
MEMBER OF: keyboard
Substance Holonyms of noun key
Part Holonyms of noun key
4 of 15 senses of key
Sense 8
key, cay, Florida key
PART OF: Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL
Sense 9
key, paint
PART OF: basketball court
Sense 14
keystone, key, headstone
PART OF: arch
Sense 15
key
PART OF: action, action mechanism
Member Meronyms of noun key
Substance Meronyms of noun key
Part Meronyms of noun key
2 of 15 senses of key
Sense 1
key
HAS PART: shank, stem
Sense 9
key, paint
HAS PART: foul line
Meronyms of noun key
2 of 15 senses of key
Sense 1
key
HAS PART: shank, stem
Sense 9
key, paint
HAS PART: foul line
Holonyms of noun key
4 of 15 senses of key
Sense 8
key, cay, Florida key
PART OF: Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL
Sense 9
key, paint
PART OF: basketball court
Sense 14
keystone, key, headstone
PART OF: arch
Sense 15
key
MEMBER OF: keyboard
PART OF: action, action mechanism
Attributes of noun key
Derived Forms of noun key
3 of 15 senses of key
Sense 1
key
RELATED TO>(verb) key#3
=> key
RELATED TO>(verb) key#2
=> key
Sense 3
key
RELATED TO>(verb) key#4
=> key
Sense 4
key, tonality
RELATED TO>(verb) key#4
=> key
Domain of noun key
2 of 15 senses of key
Sense 5
key
USAGE>(noun) slang#2, cant#3, jargon#1, lingo#1, argot#1, patois#1, vernacular#1
Sense 9
key, paint
TOPIC>(noun) basketball#1, basketball game#1, hoops#1
Domain Terms of noun key
Familiarity of noun key
key used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =15)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun key
15 senses of key
Sense 1
key
> device
=> acoustic device
=> adapter, adaptor
=> afterburner
=> agglomerator
=> airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface
=> alarm, warning device, alarm system
=> appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget
=> applicator, applier
=> aspergill, aspersorium
=> autopilot, automatic pilot, robot pilot
=> bait, decoy, lure
=> billiard marker
=> bird feeder, birdfeeder, feeder
=> blower
=> bootjack
=> breathalyzer, breathalyser
=> breathing device, breathing apparatus, breathing machine, ventilator
=> bubbler
=> buffer, fender
=> catapult, launcher
=> charger, battery charger
=> clip-on
=> comb
=> comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring
=> conductor
=> contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device
=> converter, convertor
=> corer
=> corrective, restorative
=> crusher
=> cryptograph
=> cutoff
=> dampener, moistener
=> damper, muffler
=> data input device, input device
=> deflector
=> dental appliance
=> depressor
=> detector, sensor, sensing element
=> diestock
=> drive
=> drop forge, drop hammer, drop press
=> elastic device
=> electrical device
=> electronic device
=> energizer, energiser
=> exercise device
=> explosive device
=> fan
=> filter
=> fire extinguisher, extinguisher, asphyxiator
=> flare
=> fumigator
=> gas fixture
=> groover
=> guard, safety, safety device
=> heater, warmer
=> heat exchanger
=> holding device
=> hydrofoil, foil
=> imprint
=> indicator
=> instrument
=> interlock, ignition interlock
=> interrupter
=> jig
=> key
=> keyboard
=> Kinetoscope
=> knocker, doorknocker, rapper
=> lift
=> lifting device
=> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
=> machine
=> magnet
=> mechanism
=> memory device, storage device
=> musical instrument, instrument
=> nest egg
=> noisemaker
=> optical device
=> override
=> paper feed
=> peeler
=> pick, plectrum, plectron
=> power takeoff, PTO
=> prod, goad
=> prompter, autocue
=> pull
=> reflector
=> release, button
=> remote control, remote
=> reset
=> restraint, constraint
=> router
=> runner
=> scratcher
=> shoehorn
=> shoetree
=> shooting stick
=> shredder
=> signaling device
=> snowshoe
=> sounder
=> source of illumination
=> stabilizer, stabiliser
=> stemmer
=> stencil
=> straightener
=> strengthener, reinforcement
=> stylus
=> support
=> sweatbox
=> synchroflash
=> take-up
=> teaser
=> throwing stick, throwing board, spear thrower, dart thrower
=> tilter
=> tongs, pair of tongs
=> trap
=> trigger
=> valve
=> vaporizer, vaporiser
=> ventilator
=> washboard
=> water cooler
Sense 2
key
> explanation
=> interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering
=> rationale, principle
=> key
=> rationalization, rationalisation
=> theory
Sense 3
key
> pitch
=> concert pitch, philharmonic pitch, international pitch
=> high pitch, high frequency
=> soprano, treble
=> tenor
=> key
=> low pitch, low frequency
=> alto
=> alto
=> bass
=> tone
=> tune
Sense 4
key, tonality
> musical notation
=> bar line
=> tablature
=> scale, musical scale
=> interval, musical interval
=> staff, stave
=> clef
=> key signature, signature
=> key, tonality
=> atonality, atonalism
=> time signature, musical time signature
=> measure, bar
=> rest
=> note, musical note, tone
=> slur
=> sharp
=> flat
=> natural, cancel
=> accidental
=> solmization, solmisation
=> segno
=> sforzando
Sense 5
key
> kilogram, kg, kilo
=> key
Sense 6
samara, key fruit, key
> achene
=> samara, key fruit, key
Sense 7
Key, Francis Scott Key
> lawyer, attorney
=> advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader
=> ambulance chaser
=> barrister
=> conveyancer
=> defense attorney, defense lawyer
=> divorce lawyer
=> prosecutor, public prosecutor, prosecuting officer, prosecuting attorney
=> public defender
=> referee
=> solicitor
=> trial attorney, trial lawyer
HAS INSTANCE=> Averroes, ibn-Roshd, Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd
HAS INSTANCE=> Bryan, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner, Boy Orator of the Platte
HAS INSTANCE=> Darrow, Clarence Darrow, Clarence Seward Darrow
HAS INSTANCE=> Hays, Arthur Garfield Hays
HAS INSTANCE=> Hays, Will Hays, William Harrison Hays
HAS INSTANCE=> Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover
HAS INSTANCE=> Key, Francis Scott Key
HAS INSTANCE=> Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln
> poet
=> bard
=> elegist
=> odist
=> poetess
=> poet laureate
=> poet laureate
=> sonneteer
HAS INSTANCE=> Alcaeus
HAS INSTANCE=> Apollinaire, Guillaume Apollinaire, Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki
HAS INSTANCE=> Arnold, Matthew Arnold
HAS INSTANCE=> Arp, Jean Arp, Hans Arp
HAS INSTANCE=> Auden, W. H. Auden, Wystan Hugh Auden
HAS INSTANCE=> Baudelaire, Charles Baudelaire, Charles Pierre Baudelaire
HAS INSTANCE=> Benet, Stephen Vincent Benet
HAS INSTANCE=> Blake, William Blake
HAS INSTANCE=> Blok, Alexander Alexandrovich Blok, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok
HAS INSTANCE=> Boccaccio, Giovanni Boccaccio
HAS INSTANCE=> Bradstreet, Anne Bradstreet, Anne Dudley Bradstreet
HAS INSTANCE=> Brecht, Bertolt Brecht
HAS INSTANCE=> Brooke, Rupert Brooke
HAS INSTANCE=> Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
HAS INSTANCE=> Browning, Robert Browning
HAS INSTANCE=> Burns, Robert Burns
HAS INSTANCE=> Butler, Samuel Butler
HAS INSTANCE=> Byron, Lord George Gordon Byron, Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale
HAS INSTANCE=> Calderon, Calderon de la Barca, Pedro Calderon de la Barca
HAS INSTANCE=> Carducci, Giosue Carducci
HAS INSTANCE=> Carew, Thomas Carew
HAS INSTANCE=> Catullus, Gaius Valerius Catullus
HAS INSTANCE=> Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer
HAS INSTANCE=> Ciardi, John Ciardi, John Anthony Ciardi
HAS INSTANCE=> Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
HAS INSTANCE=> Corneille, Pierre Corneille
HAS INSTANCE=> Cowper, William Cowper
HAS INSTANCE=> Crane, Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane
HAS INSTANCE=> Cynewulf, Cynwulf
HAS INSTANCE=> Dante, Dante Alighieri
HAS INSTANCE=> de la Mare, Walter de la Mare, Walter John de la Mare
HAS INSTANCE=> Dickinson, Emily Dickinson
HAS INSTANCE=> Donne, John Donne
HAS INSTANCE=> Dryden, John Dryden
HAS INSTANCE=> Eliot, T. S. Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot
HAS INSTANCE=> Fitzgerald, Edward Fitzgerald
HAS INSTANCE=> Frost, Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost
HAS INSTANCE=> Garcia Lorca, Frederico Garcia Lorca, Lorca
HAS INSTANCE=> Gilbert, William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert
HAS INSTANCE=> Ginsberg, Allen Ginsberg
HAS INSTANCE=> Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
HAS INSTANCE=> Gongora, Luis de Gongora y Argote
HAS INSTANCE=> Gray, Thomas Gray
HAS INSTANCE=> Herrick, Robert Herrick
HAS INSTANCE=> Hesiod
HAS INSTANCE=> Hoffmannsthal, Hugo von Hoffmannsthal
HAS INSTANCE=> Hogg, James Hogg
HAS INSTANCE=> Homer
HAS INSTANCE=> Hopkins, Gerard Manley Hopkins
HAS INSTANCE=> Horace
HAS INSTANCE=> Housman, A. E. Housman, Alfred Edward Housman
HAS INSTANCE=> Hughes, Ted Hughes, Edward James Hughes
HAS INSTANCE=> Hugo, Victor Hugo, Victor-Marie Hugo
HAS INSTANCE=> Ibsen, Henrik Ibsen, Henrik Johan Ibsen
HAS INSTANCE=> Jarrell, Randall Jarrell
HAS INSTANCE=> Jeffers, Robinson Jeffers, John Robinson Jeffers
HAS INSTANCE=> Jimenez, Juan Ramon Jimenez
HAS INSTANCE=> Jonson, Ben Jonson, Benjamin Jonson
HAS INSTANCE=> Karlfeldt, Erik Axel Karlfeldt
HAS INSTANCE=> Keats, John Keats
HAS INSTANCE=> Key, Francis Scott Key
HAS INSTANCE=> Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
HAS INSTANCE=> Lindsay, Vachel Lindsay, Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
HAS INSTANCE=> Li Po
HAS INSTANCE=> Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
HAS INSTANCE=> Lovelace, Richard Lovelace
HAS INSTANCE=> Lowell, Amy Lowell
HAS INSTANCE=> Lowell, Robert Lowell, Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr.
HAS INSTANCE=> Lucretius, Titus Lucretius Carus
HAS INSTANCE=> MacLeish, Archibald MacLeish
HAS INSTANCE=> Mallarme, Stephane Mallarme
HAS INSTANCE=> Mandelstam, Osip Mandelstam, Osip Emilevich Mandelstam, Mandelshtam
HAS INSTANCE=> Marini, Giambattista Marini, Marino, Giambattista Marino
HAS INSTANCE=> Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe
HAS INSTANCE=> Marti, Jose Julian Marti
HAS INSTANCE=> Martial
HAS INSTANCE=> Marvell, Andrew Marvell
HAS INSTANCE=> Masefield, John Masefield, John Edward Masefield
HAS INSTANCE=> Masters, Edgar Lee Masters
HAS INSTANCE=> Mayakovski, Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovski
HAS INSTANCE=> Meredith, George Meredith
HAS INSTANCE=> Milton, John Milton
HAS INSTANCE=> Moore, Marianne Moore, Marianne Craig Moore
HAS INSTANCE=> Moore, Thomas Moore
HAS INSTANCE=> Morris, William Morris
HAS INSTANCE=> Musset, Alfred de Musset, Louis Charles Alfred de Musset
HAS INSTANCE=> Neruda, Pablo Neruda, Reyes, Neftali Ricardo Reyes
HAS INSTANCE=> Noyes, Alfred Noyes
HAS INSTANCE=> Omar Khayyam
HAS INSTANCE=> Ovid, Publius Ovidius Naso
HAS INSTANCE=> Palgrave, Francis Turner Palgrave
HAS INSTANCE=> Petrarch, Petrarca, Francesco Petrarca
HAS INSTANCE=> Pindar
HAS INSTANCE=> Plath, Sylvia Plath
HAS INSTANCE=> Poe, Edgar Allan Poe
HAS INSTANCE=> Pope, Alexander Pope
HAS INSTANCE=> Pound, Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound
HAS INSTANCE=> Pushkin, Alexander Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
HAS INSTANCE=> Racine, Jean Racine, Jean Baptiste Racine
HAS INSTANCE=> Riley, James Whitcomb Riley
HAS INSTANCE=> Rilke, Rainer Maria Rilke
HAS INSTANCE=> Rimbaud, Arthur Rimbaud, Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud
HAS INSTANCE=> Robinson, Edwin Arlington Robinson
HAS INSTANCE=> Rostand, Edmond Rostand
HAS INSTANCE=> Seeger, Alan Seeger
HAS INSTANCE=> Sexton, Anne Sexton
HAS INSTANCE=> Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, Shakspere, William Shakspere, Bard of Avon
HAS INSTANCE=> Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley
HAS INSTANCE=> Shevchenko, Taras Grigoryevich Shevchenko
HAS INSTANCE=> Sidney, Sir Philip Sidney
HAS INSTANCE=> Silverstein, Shel Silverstein, Shelby Silverstein
HAS INSTANCE=> Sitwell, Dame Edith Sitwell, Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell
HAS INSTANCE=> Southey, Robert Southey
HAS INSTANCE=> Spender, Stephen Spender, Sir Stephen Harold Spender
HAS INSTANCE=> Spenser, Edmund Spenser
HAS INSTANCE=> Stevens, Wallace Stevens
HAS INSTANCE=> Suckling, Sir John Suckling
HAS INSTANCE=> Swinburne, Algernon Charles Swinburne
HAS INSTANCE=> Symons, Arthur Symons
HAS INSTANCE=> Synge, J. M. Synge, John Millington Synge, Edmund John Millington Synge
HAS INSTANCE=> Tasso, Torquato Tasso
HAS INSTANCE=> Tate, Allen Tate, John Orley Allen Tate
HAS INSTANCE=> Teasdale, Sara Teasdale
HAS INSTANCE=> Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, First Baron Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson
HAS INSTANCE=> Thespis
HAS INSTANCE=> Thomas, Dylan Thomas, Dylan Marlais Thomas
HAS INSTANCE=> Trumbull, John Trumbull
HAS INSTANCE=> Tzara, Tristan Tzara, Samuel Rosenstock
HAS INSTANCE=> Uhland, Johann Ludwig Uhland
HAS INSTANCE=> Verlaine, Paul Verlaine
HAS INSTANCE=> Villon, Francois Villon
HAS INSTANCE=> Virgil, Vergil, Publius Vergilius Maro
HAS INSTANCE=> Voznesenski, Andrei Voznesenski
HAS INSTANCE=> Warren, Robert Penn Warren
HAS INSTANCE=> Watts, Isaac Watts
HAS INSTANCE=> Wheatley, Phillis Wheatley
HAS INSTANCE=> Whitman, Walt Whitman
HAS INSTANCE=> Whittier, John Greenleaf Whittier
HAS INSTANCE=> Williams, William Carlos Williams
HAS INSTANCE=> Wordsworth, William Wordsworth
HAS INSTANCE=> Wyatt, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Wyat, Sir Thomas Wyat
HAS INSTANCE=> Wylie, Elinor Morton Hoyt Wylie
HAS INSTANCE=> Yeats, William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats
HAS INSTANCE=> Yevtushenko, Yevgeni Yevtushenko, Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko
HAS INSTANCE=> Young, Edward Young
Sense 8
key, cay, Florida key
> coral reef
=> atoll
=> barrier reef
HAS INSTANCE=> Great Barrier Reef
=> key, cay, Florida key
Sense 9
key, paint
> space
=> airspace, air space
=> crawlspace, crawl space
=> disk space, disc space
=> flies
=> key, paint
=> no-parking zone
=> parking space, parking zone
=> separation
=> seat, place
=> terreplein
=> workspace
Sense 10
key
> list, listing
=> agenda, agendum, order of business
=> A-list
=> bibliography
=> bill
=> blacklist, black book, shitlist
=> calendar
=> calorie chart
=> canon
=> catalog, catalogue
=> character set
=> checklist
=> class list, honours list
=> codex
=> contents, table of contents
=> corrigenda
=> credits
=> criminal record, record
=> directory
=> distribution list
=> enumeration, numbering
=> FAQ
=> free list
=> grocery list, shopping list
=> hit list
=> hit parade
=> index
=> key
=> key
=> inventory, stock list
=> mailing list
=> masthead, flag
=> menu, computer menu
=> necrology
=> playlist, play list
=> portfolio
=> posting
=> price list
=> push-down list, push-down stack, stack
=> queue
=> roll, roster
=> schedule
=> shopping list
=> short list, shortlist
=> sick list
=> slate, ticket
=> standing
=> wish list
Sense 11
key
> list, listing
=> agenda, agendum, order of business
=> A-list
=> bibliography
=> bill
=> blacklist, black book, shitlist
=> calendar
=> calorie chart
=> canon
=> catalog, catalogue
=> character set
=> checklist
=> class list, honours list
=> codex
=> contents, table of contents
=> corrigenda
=> credits
=> criminal record, record
=> directory
=> distribution list
=> enumeration, numbering
=> FAQ
=> free list
=> grocery list, shopping list
=> hit list
=> hit parade
=> index
=> key
=> key
=> inventory, stock list
=> mailing list
=> masthead, flag
=> menu, computer menu
=> necrology
=> playlist, play list
=> portfolio
=> posting
=> price list
=> push-down list, push-down stack, stack
=> queue
=> roll, roster
=> schedule
=> shopping list
=> short list, shortlist
=> sick list
=> slate, ticket
=> standing
=> wish list
Sense 12
key
> positive identification
=> key
=> number, identification number
=> card, identity card
=> password, watchword, word, parole, countersign
=> green card
=> ID, I.D.
=> credit card, charge card, charge plate
=> debit card
=> smart card
Sense 13
winder, key
> mechanical device
=> broadcaster, spreader
=> bumper
=> bumper guard
=> carburetor, carburettor
=> compressor
=> copyholder
=> coupling, coupler
=> curler, hair curler, roller, crimper
=> diaphragm, stop
=> dicer
=> electromechanical device
=> escapement
=> gearshift, gearstick, shifter, gear lever
=> grab
=> hook, claw
=> machine, simple machine
=> pantograph
=> piston, plunger
=> propeller, propellor
=> pump
=> ratchet, rachet, ratch
=> record changer, auto-changer, changer
=> ride
=> seeder
=> shutter
=> splicer
=> splint
=> sprinkler
=> stator, stator coil
=> stoker
=> stretcher
=> striker
=> supply chamber
=> swing
=> tone arm, pickup, pickup arm
=> trap
=> vibrator
=> vibrator
=> voting machine
=> weathervane, weather vane, vane, wind vane
=> wheelwork
=> winder
=> winder, key
=> windshield wiper, windscreen wiper, wiper, wiper blade
Sense 14
keystone, key, headstone
> building block
=> ashlar
=> cinder block, clinker block, breeze block
=> keystone, key, headstone
=> voussoir
Sense 15
key
> lever
=> compound lever
=> crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar
=> gun trigger, trigger
=> hand throttle
=> key
=> peavey, peavy, cant dog
=> pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever
=> pinch bar
=> ripping bar
=> rocker arm, valve rocker
=> spark lever
=> stick, control stick, joystick
=> tappet
=> tiller
=> tire iron, tire tool
Meronyms of noun key
14 of 15 senses of key
Sense 1
key
HAS PART: shank, stem
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 2
key
=> explanation
HAS PART: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
Sense 4
key, tonality
=> musical notation
HAS PART: staff line
HAS PART: space
HAS PART: ledger line, leger line
=> notation, notational system
=> writing
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Sense 5
key
=> kilogram, kg, kilo
HAS PART: hectogram, hg
HAS PART: dekagram, decagram, dkg, dag
HAS PART: gram, gramme, gm, g
HAS PART: obolus
HAS PART: carat
HAS PART: decigram, dg
HAS PART: grain, metric grain
HAS PART: milligram, mg
HAS PART: microgram, mcg
HAS PART: nanogram, ng
Sense 6
samara, key fruit, key
=> achene
=> fruit
=> reproductive structure
=> plant organ
=> plant part, plant structure
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 8
key, cay, Florida key
=> coral reef
=> reef
=> ridge
=> natural elevation, elevation
HAS PART: slope, incline, side
Sense 9
key, paint
HAS PART: foul line
Sense 10
key
=> list, listing
HAS PART: item, point
Sense 11
key
=> list, listing
HAS PART: item, point
Sense 13
winder, key
=> mechanical device
=> mechanism
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 14
keystone, key, headstone
=> building block
=> building material
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 15
key
=> lever
HAS PART: fulcrum
=> bar
=> implement
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun key
4 of 15 senses of key
Sense 8
key, cay, Florida key
PART OF: Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL
PART OF: Gulf States
PART OF: South
PART OF: United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
PART OF: North America
PART OF: western hemisphere, occident, New World
PART OF: northern hemisphere
PART OF: America
Sense 9
key, paint
PART OF: basketball court
Sense 14
keystone, key, headstone
PART OF: arch
PART OF: bridge, span
PART OF: transportation system, transportation, transit
PART OF: infrastructure, base
PART OF: aqueduct
PART OF: arcade, colonnade
Sense 15
key
MEMBER OF: keyboard
PART OF: action, action mechanism
PART OF: gun
PART OF: keyboard
PART OF: piano, pianoforte, forte-piano
PART OF: organ, pipe organ
PART OF: typewriter
PART OF: computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
PART OF: platform
PART OF: terminal
PART OF: typesetting machine
Grep of noun key
african green monkey
ash-key
backspace key
blended whiskey
bonnet monkey
brass monkey
brush turkey
capital of turkey
chokey
church key
cold turkey
colobus monkey
command key
control key
corn whiskey
croo monkey
crown monkey
darkey
de bakey
dickey
dinkey
disc jockey
disk jockey
donkey
doohickey
field hockey
florida key
flunkey
francis scott key
francis scott key fitzgerald
gin rickey
grease monkey
greek key
green monkey
guenon monkey
hankey
hickey
hockey
home key
honkey
howler monkey
hussar monkey
ice hockey
ignition key
irish whiskey
jimhickey
jockey
key
key fruit
key lime
key palm
key pattern
key ring
key signature
key west
key word
keyboard
keyboard buffer
keyboardist
keycard
keyhole
keyhole limpet
keyhole saw
keynes
keynesian
keynesianism
keynote
keynote address
keynote speech
keypad
keystone
keystone state
keystone stater
lackey
latchkey
leakey
lion monkey
louis leakey
louis seymour bazett leakey
major key
malt whiskey
mary douglas leakey
mary leakey
master key
michael ellis de bakey
mickey
minor key
monkey
new world monkey
ocellated turkey
okey
old world monkey
passkey
plain turkey
pokey
powder monkey
proboscis monkey
punkey
republic of turkey
return key
rhesus monkey
richard erskine leakey
richard leakey
richard starkey
rickey
rye whiskey
scotch malt whiskey
scotch whiskey
screw key
shift key
skeleton key
sour mash whiskey
spider monkey
squirrel monkey
starkey
tab key
telegraph key
titi monkey
tom turkey
tonic key
turkey
turnkey
vervet monkey
watch key
water turkey
whiskey
woolly monkey
yard donkey
Antonyms of verb key
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb key
5 senses of key
Sense 1
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
Sense 2
key
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 3
key
=> vandalize, vandalise
=> destroy, ruin
Sense 4
key
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 5
key
=> harmonize, harmonise, reconcile
=> adjust, set, correct
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb key
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb key
5 senses of key
Sense 1
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
Sense 2
key
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
Sense 3
key
=> vandalize, vandalise
Sense 4
key
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
Sense 5
key
=> harmonize, harmonise, reconcile
'Cause To' of verb key
Derived Forms of verb key
3 of 5 senses of key
Sense 2
key
RELATED TO>(noun) key#1
=> key
Sense 3
key
RELATED TO>(noun) key#1
=> key
Sense 4
key
RELATED TO>(noun) key#3
=> key
RELATED TO>(noun) key#4
=> key, tonality
Domain of verb key
1 of 5 senses of key
Sense 4
key
TOPIC>(noun) music#4
Domain Terms of verb key
Familiarity of verb key
key used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb key
5 senses of key
Sense 1
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
key
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
key
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
key
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 5
key
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb key
4 of 5 senses of key
Sense 2
key
> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> hydrate
=> charge
=> date
=> feed
=> calk
=> fund
=> stint, skimp, scant
=> terrace, terrasse
=> dado
=> innervate
=> offer
=> signalize, signalise
=> extend, offer
=> stock
=> stock, buy in
=> caption
=> tube
=> ticket
=> stock
=> stock
=> rim
=> fret
=> step
=> rail
=> grate
=> capitalize, capitalise
=> alphabetize
=> wharf
=> air-cool, air-condition
=> uniform
=> railroad
=> partner
=> bewhisker, whisker
=> subtitle
=> headline
=> match
=> hobnail
=> wive
=> victual
=> surfeit, cloy
=> heat
=> seat
=> seat
=> ramp
=> arm
=> interleave
=> glass, glaze
=> crenel, crenelate, crenellate
=> causeway
=> canal, canalize, canalise
=> bush
=> brattice
=> furnish
=> slat
=> berth
=> bed
=> computerize, computerise
=> costume
=> bottom
=> rafter
=> tool
=> key
=> fuel
=> provision, purvey
=> yield, give, afford
=> equip, fit, fit out, outfit
=> transistorize, transistorise
=> upholster
=> cleat
=> coal
=> corbel
=> cornice
=> constitutionalize
=> copper-bottom
=> curtain
=> gate
=> index
=> joint, articulate
=> pour
=> pump
=> fuel, fire
=> flood, oversupply, glut
=> toggle
=> patch
=> water
=> leverage
=> tap
=> top
=> reflectorize, reflectorise
=> retrofit
=> border, edge
=> machicolate
=> sanitate
=> hat
=> theme
=> kern
=> shelter
Sense 3
key
> vandalize, vandalise
=> key
Sense 4
key
> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> key
Sense 5
key
> harmonize, harmonise, reconcile
=> key
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb key
Sense 1
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
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Sense 2
key
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
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Sense 3
key
=> vandalize, vandalise
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Sense 4
key
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
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Sense 5
key
=> harmonize, harmonise, reconcile
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Grep of verb key
disc-jockey
disk-jockey
jockey
key
key out
keynote
monkey
talk turkey
Antonyms of adj key
2 senses of key
Sense 1
cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal
INDIRECT (VIA important) -> unimportant
Sense 2
operative, key
INDIRECT (VIA significant) -> insignificant, unimportant
Similarity of adj key
2 senses of key
Sense 1
cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal
=> important (vs. unimportant), of import
Sense 2
operative, key
=> significant (vs. insignificant), important
Pertainyms of adj key
Attributes of adj key
Domain of adj key
Domain Terms of adj key
Familiarity of adj key
key used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj key
dickey
flakey
flukey
hokey
key
keyed
keyless
keynesian
low-key
off-key
on-key
pokey
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