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key up

key up verb: to raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly.

Verb

key up (third-person singular simple present keys up, present participle keying up, simple past and past participle keyed up)

  1. (transitive) To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly.
  2. (transitive) To raise the pitch of.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To produce nervous tension in (someone).
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To raise the intensity, excitement, tension, etc., of.
    Antonyms:
    key down

key up meaning in Kannada

key up in Kannada

ಹುರುಪುಗೊಳಿಸು, ಉತ್ತೇಜಿಸು, ಆತಂಕಗೊಳ್ಳು, ಉದ್ವೇಗಗೊಳ್ಳು

Antonyms of key up

Forms of key up

third-person singular presentkeys up
present participlekeying up
past participlekeyed up
pastkeyed up

Questions about key up

What does key up mean?
Key up means to raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly.
What is key up in Kannada?
Key up in Kannada is ಹುರುಪುಗೊಳಿಸು, ಉತ್ತೇಜಿಸು, ಆತಂಕಗೊಳ್ಳು. See Key up meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is key up?
Key up is a verb.
What is the past tense of key up?
The past tense of key up is keyed up.

Words near key up in the dictionary

  1. key stretching
  2. key to the city
  3. key to the door
  4. key to the kingdom
  5. key to the midway
  6. key up
  7. key visual
  8. key visuals
  9. Key West
  10. key word
  11. key words

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