Sekirov Dictionary

pitch

/pɪt͡ʃ/

noun 35
verb 25
adjective 2
forms 10
phrases 11

noun35

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(UK, Australia) an area of ground, usually covered in grass, where teams play football and other sports
- The teams met on the pitch.
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(rare) The field of battle.
- “The two men of Alltraighe maintain, Two chiefs of the plain of Kerry, A clan the most active in pitch of battle, Their chiefs are O’Neide and Clan Conary.” — 1845
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An effort to sell or promote something.
- He gave me a sales pitch.
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The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians.
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The act of pitching a baseball.
- The pitch was low and inside.
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A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- They put pitch on the mast to protect it.
- The barrel was sealed with pitch.
The angle at which an object sits.
The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
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A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- He lived at a time when learning was at its highest pitch. — 1710
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A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- Driven headlong from the pitch of heaven, down / Into this deep. — 1667
The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
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A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- a good pitch in quoits
The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
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The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- Are we in baroque pitch for this one?
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A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- The line turns a sharp right-angle to the north to circumvent the town, and then plunges straight into the 1 in 50, which lasts for nearly 20 miles with few intermissions, and some pitches of 1 in 40. — 1950
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A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- The entrance pitch requires 30 metres of rope.
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The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- The pitch of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch.
- The pitch of this saw is perfect for that type of wood.
That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
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A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- The propeller blades' pitch went to 90° as the engine was feathered.
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A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; tree sap.
- It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.
Anything similar to or derived from tree sap: resin; rosin.
A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
An American trick-taking card game.
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In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start.
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(UK) A person's or animal's height.
- Alba the emperor was crook-backed, Epictetus lame; that great Alexander a little man of stature, Augustus Caesar of the same pitch […]. — 1624
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Prominence; importance.
- Enterprises of great pitch and moment. — 1599
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The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- From the pitch of Cape-Fraward, to the pitch of Cape-Holland, the Streight lies in the Channel West and by North, nearest, and is distant full five Leagues — 2014
Pitchstone.
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(no longer used) Collectively, the outermost points of some part of the body, especially the shoulders or hips.
- Such breadth of shoulders as might mainely beare Olde Atlas burthen, twixt his manly pitch, A pearle more worth, then all the world is plaste: — 1587

verb25

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To throw.
- He pitched the horseshoe.
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To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- The hurler pitched a curveball.
- He pitched high and inside.
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To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- He pitched the idea for months with no takers.
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To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- Pitch the tent over there.
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To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- Laban with his brethren pitched in the Mount of Gilead. — 1611
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To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- At which level should I pitch my presentation?
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To produce a note of a given pitch.
- […] now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music and the opera of voices pitches a key higher. — 1925
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To fix or set the tone of.
- His "hello" was enough to recognize his voice by. I pitched mine low so he wouldn't know it. — 1955
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To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- Bob pitches today.
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To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- The typhoon pitched the deck of the ship.
- The airplane pitched.
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To throw away; discard.
- He pitched the candy wrapper.
(slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
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To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- The field pitches toward the east.
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To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- The only way to get on the green from here is to pitch the ball over the bunker.
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To bounce on the playing surface.
- The ball pitched well short of the batsman.
To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
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To set or fix (a price or value).
- Whose vultur thought doth pitch the price so hie, That she will draw his lips rich treasure drie. — 1593
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To add yeast as a step while making beer
- except for the cell growth which is higher for the yeast pitched with lower vitality — 2004
To settle and build up, without melting.
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To fix one's choice.
- Pitch upon the best course of life, and custom will render it the more easy. — 1694
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To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- They pitched at the waters of Merom. These waters of Merom are generally thought to be nothing but the lake of Semechon,[…] — 1801
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To cover or smear with pitch.
- “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.” — 1611
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To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- Soon he found / The welkin pitch'd with sullen clouds. — 1704
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To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- […]pitch the road with hard stones [rather] than to break them up for a road covering — 1838
(no longer used) To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.

adjective2

Very dark black; pitch-black.
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Intense, deep, dark.
- Then I got back here - difficulty again: no trolly-bus, and black pitcher than black - and have since been conning the Beveridge Report. — 2008

forms

pight · pitched · pitcht · ypight · pitching · pitches · pitcheth · pitchest · pitcher · pitchest

Phrases with pitch

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