Keying is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for KEYING in dictionary:

VERB:
• enter or operate on (data) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad
• fasten (something) in position with a pin, wedge, or bolt
• roughen (a surface) to help the adhesion of plaster or other material
• word (an advertisement in a periodical), typically by varying the form of the address given, so as to identify the publication generating particular responses
• vandalize (a car) by scraping its paint with a key.
• be the crucial factor in achieving
NOUN:
• providing a key for (cryptography)
• a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it
• a shaped metal implement for operating a switch in the form of a lock, especially one operating the ignition of a motor vehicle
• an instrument for grasping and turning a screw, peg, or nut, especially one for winding a clock or turning a valve.
• a pin, bolt, or wedge inserted into a hole or between parts so as to lock the parts together.
• each of several buttons on a panel for operating a computer, typewriter, or telephone
• a lever depressed by the finger in playing an instrument such as the organ, piano, flute, or concertina
• a lever operating a mechanical device for making or breaking an electric circuit, for example in telegraphy.
• a thing that provides a means of achieving or understanding something
• an explanatory list of symbols used in a map, table, etc.
• a set of answers to exercises or problems
• a word or system for solving a cipher or code
• the first move in the solution of a chess problem.
• a field in a record which is used to identify that record uniquely.
• a group of notes based on a particular note and comprising a scale, regarded as forming the tonal basis of a piece of music
• the prevailing tone of a piece of writing, situation, etc.
• the prevailing range of tones in a painting
• the dry winged fruit of an ash, maple, or sycamore, typically growing in bunches; a samara.
• the part of a first coat of wall plaster that passes between the laths and so secures the rest.
• the roughness of a surface, helping the adhesion of plaster or other material.
• the keyhole-shaped area marked on the court near each basket
• a low-lying island or reef, especially in the Caribbean.
• the tone or pitch of someone's voice
ADJECTIVE:
• of crucial importance
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to provide with a key (a device used to turn the bolt in a lock)

Words related to KEYING

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Words that contain KEYING

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How to use KEYING in a sentence

• Silence moved slowly backwards and took up his position on the hearthrug, keying himself up to a condition of concentrated attention.
• Full powers had been given to three commissioners, Keying, Elepoo, and Newkeen, to negociate a treaty of peace which was finally concluded on the 26th of August.

Similar words containing KEY without suffix ing

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