vverb.competitionset into opposition or rivalrySynset:match oppose pit play off
Examples:- let them match their best athletes against ours
- pit a chess player against the Russian champion
- He plays his two children off against each other
Derivationally Related Form:opponentplayoffmatch
Hypernyms:confront face
Inherited Hypernyms:pitconfrontmeet
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.contactmark with a scarSynset:mark pit pock scar
Examples:- The skin disease scarred his face permanently
Derivationally Related Form:pitpittingmarkscarpock
Hypernyms:blemish deface disfigure
Inherited Hypernyms:scardefacemardamagechange
Direct Hyponyms:cicatrisecicatrizepockmark
Entailment:incise
Full Troponyms:cicatrizepockmark
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeremove the pits fromSynset:pit stone
Derivationally Related Form:pitstone
Hypernyms:remove take take away withdraw
Inherited Hypernyms:pitremove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allpitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)Synset:alveolate cavitied faveolate honeycombed
Antonyms:noncellular
Derivationally Related Form:alveolus
Inherited Hypernyms:alveolate
Similar to:cellular