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[ pit-id ] / ˈpɪt ɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pitted ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemarked or scarred with pits: a pitted complexion. Origin of pitted1before 1050; Old English pytted (not found in ME); see pit1, -ed3 Words nearby pittedPitt, pitta, pitta bread, Pittacus, pittance, pitted, pitted keratolysis, pitter-patter, pitting, pitting edema, pittosporum Definition for pitted (2 of 2)[ pit-id ] / ˈpɪt ɪd /
adjective(of fruit) having the pit removed: a pitted olive. Origin of pitted2pit2 + -ed2 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pittedSolidarity is harder, and people are pitted against one another. The Hunger Games Economy|Jedediah Purdy|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST And so again and again he pitted his own radiant confidence against some equal and opposite force. How Tom Cruise Can Get His Groove Back|Andrew Romano|June 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Haven is not the first school that has pitted students versus the administration over spandex. The Politics of Leggings in Middle School|Emily Shire|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST His face is gory and pitted with deep shrapnel wounds and his injured hands drip blood on the rumpled woolen blankets. Hezbollah and Assad Plan Offensive On Jihadists In Yabrud|Jamie Dettmer|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In California, tourists have been pitted against career foragers, causing problems for wild mushrooms and abalone. The Foraging Wars: Extreme Eating Hits California|Debra A. Klein|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Beatrice noted that the brass tubes were all eaten and pitted with verdigris, but they still held firmly. Darkness and Dawn|George Allan England They were pitted against native sorcerers, they were called upon to give rain, they were held responsible for small-pox. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies|Charles Prestwood Lucas He should have been a man of importance, since Swift was pitted against him in brutal verse. The Funny Side of Physic|A. D. Crabtre Nuts and pitted dates may be used for the filling, but the combination is a little too heavy. Candy-Making Revolutionized|Mary Elizabeth Hall "Won't there be jolly rows, when those two come to be pitted against one another," he said. Uncle Rutherford's Nieces|Joanna H. Mathews
Words related to pittedcontend, counter, match, vie, set against |