Definitions from Wiktionary (pitch)
▸ noun: A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
▸ noun: A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil and tar.
▸ noun: (geology) Pitchstone.
▸ verb: To cover or smear with pitch.
▸ verb: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
▸ adjective: Very dark black; pitch-black.
▸ adjective: (of a black color) Intense, deep, dark.
▸ noun: A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
▸ noun: (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
▸ noun: (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
▸ noun: (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
▸ noun: (rare) The field of battle.
▸ noun: An effort to sell or promote something.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: The angle at which an object sits.
▸ noun: The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
▸ noun: (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
▸ noun: (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
▸ noun: An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
▸ noun: (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
▸ noun: An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
▸ noun: A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
▸ noun: A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
▸ noun: The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
▸ noun: (obsolete, uncountable) Collectively, the outermost points of some part of the body, especially the shoulders or hips.
▸ noun: The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
▸ noun: (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
▸ noun: Prominence; importance.
▸ noun: (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
▸ noun: (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
▸ noun: (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
▸ noun: A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
▸ noun: The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
▸ noun: (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
▸ verb: (transitive) To throw.
▸ verb: (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
▸ verb: (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
▸ verb: (transitive) To throw away; discard.
▸ verb: (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
▸ verb: (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
▸ verb: (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
▸ verb: (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
▸ verb: (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
▸ verb: (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
▸ verb: (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
▸ verb: (intransitive, archaic) To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
▸ verb: (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
▸ verb: (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
▸ verb: (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
▸ verb: (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
▸ verb: To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
▸ verb: (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
▸ noun: (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
▸ noun: (music) 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.
▸ noun: (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
▸ verb: (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
▸ Also see pitch
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▸ noun: A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
▸ noun: A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil and tar.
▸ noun: (geology) Pitchstone.
▸ verb: To cover or smear with pitch.
▸ verb: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
▸ adjective: Very dark black; pitch-black.
▸ adjective: (of a black color) Intense, deep, dark.
▸ noun: A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
▸ noun: (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
▸ noun: (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
▸ noun: (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
▸ noun: (rare) The field of battle.
▸ noun: An effort to sell or promote something.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: The angle at which an object sits.
▸ noun: The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
▸ noun: (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
▸ noun: (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
▸ noun: An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
▸ noun: (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
▸ noun: An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
▸ noun: A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
▸ noun: A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
▸ noun: The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
▸ noun: (obsolete, uncountable) Collectively, the outermost points of some part of the body, especially the shoulders or hips.
▸ noun: The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
▸ noun: (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
▸ noun: Prominence; importance.
▸ noun: (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
▸ noun: (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
▸ noun: (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
▸ noun: A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
▸ noun: The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
▸ noun: (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
▸ verb: (transitive) To throw.
▸ verb: (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
▸ verb: (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
▸ verb: (transitive) To throw away; discard.
▸ verb: (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
▸ verb: (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
▸ verb: (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
▸ verb: (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
▸ verb: (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
▸ verb: (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
▸ verb: (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
▸ verb: (intransitive, archaic) To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
▸ verb: (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
▸ verb: (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
▸ verb: (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
▸ verb: (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
▸ verb: To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
▸ verb: (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
▸ noun: (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
▸ noun: (music) 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.
▸ noun: (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
▸ verb: (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
▸ Also see pitch
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