A keyed instrument.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : color-keyed carpeting.    From Dictionary.com. 

Mark Loretta and Phil Nevin keyed a huge comback as the Padres erased a five-run deficit and hung on for a 7-6 triumph over the.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Martin keyed the fast start with 14 points in the first 8 1/2 minutes, outscoring Phoenix's total of 13 points through that span.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Basketball - Phoenix vs. Sacramento] Reference

Neither of us was what you'd call keyed up for the experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference

What many do is use a data table that stores both the DWG filename keyed to a unique identifier that can be nothing more than a integer.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Discussion Groups: Message List - root]

Hmm. Think people are kind of keyed up over Eclipse?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twilight Lexicon » David Slade Addresses Online Rumors] Reference

"They kind of keyed in on me in the second half, and they made the defense more tough.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Injuries take toll as Wizards struggle to find answers offensively] Reference

"Some people are just kind of keyed up and apprehensive," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

Then we went back to the hotel, still kind of keyed up, and sat by the indoor pool.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cookie Madness] Reference

Custom docks: Custom "keyed" docking shape prevents user from inserting netbook backwards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

He was fastening his safety line in the keyed slot.    From Wordnik.com.  [General Max Shorter] Reference

Seacrest makes him admit that his ex-GF keyed his car.    From Wordnik.com.  [Una LaMarche: Emmys: The Live Blog] Reference

Everyone is sort of keyed in on that and watching that.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Stock Selection, Cash Talks] Reference

They sort of weren't keyed up, if you know what I mean.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carbon/Silicon: Punk Veterans Embrace the Web] Reference

But last Wednesday night he was too keyed up to turn in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dress-Down Dole] Reference

I faded back into the cross passage, and keyed the mike.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greylorn] Reference

"Two to one on Camden!" he shouted in a high-keyed voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

I keyed for Stores; the object must have hit about there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greylorn] Reference

     The school Halloween party was low keyed and sweet.    From Wordnik.com.  [BEFORE WINTER] Reference

At 2 a.m. in his cramped row house, Gene Rivers is still keyed up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Savior Of The Streets] Reference

Quietly, the agents prepared to make what they call a "keyed entry.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Portland Six] Reference

It was a great satisfaction to get Linda so keyed up with curiosity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves] Reference

The home has a wood-burning fireplace, keyed elevator and six skylights.    From Wordnik.com.  [An A-Frame Penthouse] Reference

But Mantle's clutch homers in games six and seven keyed the Yankee victory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Let's Go To The Videotape] Reference

I keyed for a video check of the interior of the lift as it started back up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greylorn] Reference

Typing in the previous day's figures, she made a mistake, keyed one too many zeros.    From Wordnik.com.  [Son of Man (Novel Excerpt)] Reference

The sky is so blue today, I should have keyed up in the bathroom before the meeting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Worry Is for the Well-Rested] Reference

I struggled to remember where I was in the code sequence; I went on, keyed the rest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greylorn] Reference

The old man had a habit when keyed to high pitch, emotionally, of talking to himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference

Tally in the scoop hood, fog lamps and the color-keyed exterior, and it's jaw-dropping.    From Wordnik.com.  [ROAD TEST | TOYOTA X-RUNNER] Reference

I keyed again as I moved on toward the lift at the end of the corridor, glancing back as I went.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greylorn] Reference

Apparently cheque orders have to be keyed in manually, and it seems a mistake was made with yours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darn it Guardian, my socks still haven't turned up] Reference

So she joined an online dating service, keyed in her criteria and in one day found Curtis Mattison, 37.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Find Me A Web Site. . .] Reference

Then her black Ford Expedition was keyed on both sides while it was in the parking lot outside her office.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitol Letter: Roy's Rock] Reference

With the curlers miked, and crafty camera work, the sport has found a fan base keyed into all of the strategy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Olympic Shorts] Reference

The S&P and the Wilshire are much more important, broad-based indexes that are keyed to the stock market's overall value.    From Wordnik.com.  [Happy Anniversary To the Dow's High] Reference

We keyed in on those and chose 10 that seemed suspect, just because of the nature of the crime and how the pardons were carried out.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Remember Deep Throat?'] Reference

A simpler solution would be one tried in the early 1980s: giving a modest tax deduction, keyed to the income of the secondary earner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Repeal The Marriage Tax?] Reference