Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having keys, as a musical instrument: as, a keyed flute or trombone; a keyed cithara, or harmonica. See key, 4 and .
  • Set or pitched in a particular key. See key, transitive verb,2.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Furnished with keys; ; also, set to a key, as a tune.
  • adjective See Kent bugle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of key.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective fitted with or secured by a key
  • adjective set to a key or tone

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key +‎ -ed

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