"key up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: keys up [present, singular, third-person], keying up [participle, present], keyed up [participle, past], keyed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|key<keys> up}} key up (third-person singular simple present keys up, present participle keying up, simple past and past participle keyed up)
  1. (architecture, transitive) To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-key_up-en-verb-0j5PQe~e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 32 27 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 25 22 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 28 27 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 23 25 26 Topics: architecture
  2. (music, transitive) To raise the pitch of. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-key_up-en-verb-sizMOMT9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 32 27 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 25 22 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 28 27 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 23 25 26 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (figurative, transitive) To produce nervous tension in (someone). Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-key_up-en-verb-xqQ6IrkR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 32 27 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 25 22 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 28 27 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 23 25 26
  4. (figurative, transitive) To raise the intensity, excitement, tension, etc., of. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-key_up-en-verb-h12JXalP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 32 27 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 25 22 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 28 27 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 23 25 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: keyed up

Inflected forms

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        "To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly."
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        [
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          "keystone",
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        "To raise the pitch of."
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        [
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        "(music, transitive) To raise the pitch of."
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        "To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly."
      ],
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        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "raise",
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        ],
        [
          "centering",
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        ],
        [
          "driving",
          "driving"
        ],
        [
          "keystone",
          "keystone"
        ],
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          "forcibly",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(architecture, transitive) To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        "architecture"
      ]
    },
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        "To raise the pitch of."
      ],
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        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
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        "(music, transitive) To raise the pitch of."
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        "To produce nervous tension in (someone)."
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        "(figurative, transitive) To produce nervous tension in (someone)."
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        "(figurative, transitive) To raise the intensity, excitement, tension, etc., of."
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