to place or thrust (a stake, spear, etc) into the ground
4. (intransitive)
to move vigorously or irregularly to and fro or up and down
5. (transitive)
to aim or fix (something) at a particular level, position, style, etc
if you advertise privately you may pitch the price too low
6. (transitive)
to aim to sell (a product) to a specified market or on a specified basis
7. (intransitive)
to slope downwards
8. (intransitive)
to fall forwards or downwards
9. (intransitive)
(of a vessel) to dip and raise its bow and stern alternately
10. cricket
to bowl (a ball) so that it bounces on a certain part of the wicket, or (of a ball) to bounce on a certain part of the wicket
11. (intransitive)
(of a missile, aircraft, etc) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by movement of the longitudinal axis about the lateral axis
Compare yaw (sense 1), roll (sense 13)
12. (transitive)
(in golf) to hit (a ball) steeply into the air, esp with backspin to minimize roll
13. (transitive) music
a.
to sing or play accurately (a note, interval, etc)
b. (usually passive)
(of a wind instrument) to specify or indicate its basic key or harmonic series by its size, manufacture, etc
14. (transitive) cards
to lead (a suit) and so determine trumps for that trick
15. baseball
a. (transitive)
to throw (a baseball) to a batter
b. (intransitive)
to act as pitcher in a baseball game
16. Southwest England dialect(used withit as subject)
to snow without the settled snow melting
17. in there pitching
18. pitch a tale
noun
19.
the degree of elevation or depression
20.
a.
the angle of descent of a downward slope
b.
such a slope
21.
the extreme height or depth
22. mountaineering
a section of a route between two belay points, sometimes equal to the full length of the rope but often shorter
23.
the degree of slope of a roof, esp when expressed as a ratio of height to span
24.
the distance between corresponding points on adjacent members of a body of regular form, esp the distance between teeth on a gearwheel or between threads on a screw thread
25.
the distance between regularly spaced objects such as rivets, bolts, etc
26.
the pitching motion of a ship, missile, etc
27.
a.
the distance a propeller advances in one revolution, assuming no slip
b.
the blade angle of a propeller or rotor
28.
the distance between the back rest of a seat in a passenger aircraft and the back of the seat in front of it
29. music
a.
the auditory property of a note that is conditioned by its frequency relative to other notes
high pitch
low pitch
b.
an absolute frequency assigned to a specific note, fixing the relative frequencies of all other notes. The fundamental frequencies of the notes A–G, in accordance with the frequency A = 440 hertz, were internationally standardized and accepted in 1939
See also concert pitch (sense 1), international pitch
30. cricket
the rectangular area between the stumps, 22 yards long and 10 feet wide; the wicket
31. geology
the inclination of the axis of an anticline or syncline or of a stratum or vein from the horizontal
32. another name for seven-up
33.
the act or manner of pitching a ball, as in cricket
34. mainly British
a vendor's station, esp on a pavement
35. slang
a persuasive sales talk, esp one routinely repeated
36. mainly British
(in many sports) the field of play
37. Also called: pitch shot golf
an approach shot in which the ball is struck in a high arc