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pitch

/pɪtʃ/

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What does pitch mean?

noun

  1. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; tree sap.
  2. Anything similar to or derived from tree sap: resin; rosin.
  3. A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
More meanings (58)

noun

  1. Pitchstone.
  2. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
  3. The act of pitching a baseball.
  4. 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.)
  5. A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
  6. An effort to sell or promote something.
  7. 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.
  8. The angle at which an object sits.
  9. The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
  10. A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
  11. An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
  12. The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
  13. An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
  14. A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
  15. A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
  16. The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
  17. The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
  18. A person's or animal's height.
  19. Prominence; importance.
  20. A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
  21. A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
  22. That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
  23. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
  24. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
  25. The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
  26. An American trick-taking card game.
  27. The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
  28. 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.
  29. In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
  30. (rare) The field of battle.
  31. (obsolete) Collectively, the outermost points of some part of the body, especially the shoulders or hips.

verb

  1. To cover or smear with pitch.
  2. To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
  3. To throw.
  4. To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
  5. To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
  6. To throw away; discard.
  7. To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
  8. To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
  9. To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
  10. To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
  11. To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
  12. To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
  13. To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
  14. To bounce on the playing surface.
  15. To settle and build up, without melting.
  16. To fix one's choice.
  17. To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
  18. To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
  19. To set or fix (a price or value).
  20. (slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
  21. To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
  22. To add yeast as a step while making beer
  23. To produce a note of a given pitch.
  24. To fix or set the tone of.
  25. (archaic) To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.

adjective

  1. Very dark black; pitch-black.
  2. Intense, deep, dark.
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IPA pronunciation

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So will I turn her virtue into pitch, And out of her own goodness make the net That shall enmesh them all.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
We all sat in great cloaks and coats, and kept up an enormous fire, with the pitch running out of the logs.
Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) BirdA Lady's Life in the Rocky MountainsProject Gutenberg ebook #755
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This was the chief work of the S.S. ships, and was brought to a high pitch of perfection by the S.S. Zero.
George WhaleBritish Airships, Past, Present, and FutureProject Gutenberg ebook #762
From these curves the diameter and appropriate pitch of a screw could be calculated, and the number of revolutions was then fixed.
William J. (William James) Jackman; Octave Chanute; Thomas Herbert RussellFlying Machines: Construction and Operation A Practical Book Which Shows, in Illustrations, Working Plans and Text, How to Build and Navigate the Modern AirshipProject Gutenberg ebook #907
Her feelings, naturally ardent, and little accustomed to restraint, were excited to the highest pitch when the news of the victory arrived.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947