pitch

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Synonyms: pith, hitch, pinch, witch, bitch, patch, litch, ditch, sitch, fitch, potch

Antonyms: pith, hitch, pinch, witch, bitch, patch, litch, ditch, sitch, fitch, potch

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Noun

1. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; tree sap.
   • It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.
2. Anything similar to or derived from tree sap: resin; rosin.
3. 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.
   • It was pitch black because there was no moon.
4. Pitchstone.

Verb

1. To cover or smear with pitch.
2. To darken; to blacken; to obscure.

Adjective

1. Very dark black; pitch-black.
2. Intense, deep, dark.

Noun

1. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
   • a good pitch in quoits
2. The act of pitching a baseball.
   • The pitch was low and inside.
3. The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played.
   • The teams met on the pitch.
4. A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
5. The field of battle.
6. An effort to sell or promote something.
   • He gave me a sales pitch.
7. 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.
   • A helical scan with a pitch of zero is equivalent to constant z-axis scanning.
8. The angle at which an object sits.
   • the pitch of the roof or haystack
9. 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.
   • the pitch of an aircraft
   • The propeller blades' pitch went to 90° as the engine was feathered.
10. The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
    • the pitch of an aircraft
11. A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
    • The propeller blades' pitch went to 90° as the engine was feathered.
12. An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
13. The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
14. An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
15. A level or degree, or , a peak or highest degree.
16. A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
17. The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
18. Collectively, the outermost points of some part of the body, especially the shoulders or hips.
19. The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
20. A person's or animal's height.
21. Prominence; importance.
22. A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
23. A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
    • The entrance pitch requires 30 metres of rope.
24. That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
25. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
26. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
    • a steep pitch in the road
    • the pitch of a roof
27. The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
28. An American trick-taking card game.

Verb

1. To throw.
   • He pitched the horseshoe.
2. To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
   • The hurler pitched a curveball.
   • He pitched high and inside.
3. To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
   • Bob pitches today.
4. To throw away; discard.
   • He pitched the candy wrapper.
5. To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
   • He pitched the idea for months with no takers.
6. To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
   • At which level should I pitch my presentation?
7. To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
   • Pitch the tent over there.
8. To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
9. 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.
10. To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
11. 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.
12. To bounce on the playing surface.
    • The ball pitched well short of the batsman.
13. To settle and build up, without melting.
14. To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
15. To fix one's choice.
16. To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
    • to pitch from a precipice
    • The field pitches toward the east.
17. To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
18. To set or fix (a price or value).
19. To discard (a card) for some gain.
20. To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
21. To add yeast as a step while making beer

Noun

1. The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
   • The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians.
2. 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?
3. 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.

Verb

1. To produce a note of a given pitch.
2. To fix or set the tone of.

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