| Key: English to English |
| Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in th |
| Key (n.) A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are t |
| Key (n.) A keystone. |
| Key (n.) A piece of wood used as a wedge. |
| Key (n.) A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or diffi |
| Key (n.) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a cotter; a forelock. |
| Key (n.) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; -- called also key fruit. |
| Key (n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place. |
| Key (n.) An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc. |
| Key (n.) Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance. |
| Key (n.) That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position. |
| Key (n.) That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter. |
| Key (n.) That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place. |
| Key (n.) The fundamental tone of a movement to which its modulations are referred, and with which it generally begins and ends; keynote. |
| Key (n.) The last board of a floor when laid down. |
| Key (v. t.) To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges. |