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pitch1/pich/ nounchiefly Brit a piece of ground with boundaries and other areas marked on it, used for playing a team sport in cricket, = wicket (1b) in baseball and cricket, the act or an instance of a pitcher or bowler delivering a ball to a batter or batsman, or the ball or quality of ball so delivered in golf, a shot made with a lofted club causing the ball to travel in a high arc a slope, esp of a roof, or the degree of this a level or degree, esp an advanced or extreme one a high pitch of effectiveness informal a special and usu persuasive way of speaking or arguing a sales pitch chiefly Brit a place regularly used or claimed by a person, esp a street vendor or performer the distinctive quality that a sound has according to the frequency of the vibrations produced at the sound's source, with fast vibrations producing a higher pitch than slow ones in music, height or depth of tone any of various standardized levels for achieving the height or depth of tone of specific musical instruments an erratic heaving motion, esp an up-and-down movement of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle technical the distance between one point and another, esp the distance between one point on the tooth of a cog or gear and the corresponding point on the next tooth the degree to which the blade of a propeller slants in relation to its axis of rotation make a pitch for to put forward a bid or claim for (something) [from pitch2]
pitch2verb transto throw in a careless, rough, or casual way; to toss to move or fall heavily, esp forwards or downwards of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle: to move with or be affected by a heaving or rocking motion to throw (something) in a careless, rough, or casual way; to toss to cause (a ship, aircraft, or vehicle) to travel with a specified motion said of a pitcher in baseball: to throw (a ball) from the mound towards the batter said of a bowler in cricket: to throw (a ball) towards the batsman so that it bounces at a specified point or in a particular way in golf, to use a lofted club to hit (a ball), causing it to travel in a high arc and land with backspin in music, to set (a piece of music, one's voice, or an instrument) at a particular pitch to express (a speech, piece of writing, etc) at a specified level or to adapt (it) for a particular audience to set (something, e.g. hopes or aspirations) at a specified level to develop or direct (a product, etc) towards a particular type of customer or section of the market to set (a price) at a specified level to erect (a tent, etc) temporarily to give (a roof) a specified downward incline from the ridge to pave (a road) with stones to move or fall heavily, esp forwards or downwards said of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle: to move with or be affected by a heaving or rocking motion in golf, to strike the ball with a lofted club said of a ball in golf and cricket: to land or bounce in a specified place or way in baseball, to act as a pitcher pitch into informal to attack (somebody or something) physically or verbally [Middle English, perhaps from Old English picung stigmata]
pitch3nouna black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of organic materials, esp tars, or any of various similar substances resin obtained from various conifers [Old English pic, ultimately from Latin pix]
pitch4verb transdated to cover, smear, or treat (something) with pitch |