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pitch

/pɪtʃ/

Phonetics

/pɪtʃ/

noun

A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
Example: It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.
A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
Example: It was pitch black because there was no moon.
Pitchstone.

verb

To cover or smear with pitch.
To darken; to blacken; to obscure.

pitch

/pɪtʃ/

Phonetics

/pɪtʃ/

noun

A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
Example: a good pitch in quoits
The act of pitching a baseball.
Example: The pitch was low and inside.
The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) Not used in America, where "field" is the preferred word.
Example: The teams met on the pitch.
An effort to sell or promote something.
Example: He gave me a sales pitch.
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.
Example: A helical scan with a pitch of zero is equivalent to constant z-axis scanning.
The angle at which an object sits.
Example: the pitch of the roof or haystack
A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
The place where a busker performs.
An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
Prominence; importance.
A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
Example: The entrance pitch requires 30 metres of rope.
A person's or animal's height.
That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
Example: a steep pitch in the road
The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.

verb

To throw.
Example: He pitched the horseshoe.
To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
Example: Bob pitches today.
To throw away; discard.
Example: He pitched the candy wrapper.
To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
Example: He pitched the idea for months with no takers.
To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
Example: At which level should I pitch my presentation?
To assemble or erect (a tent).
Example: Pitch the tent over there.
To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
Example: The only way to get on the green from here is to pitch the ball over the bunker.
To bounce on the playing surface.
Example: The ball pitched well short of the batsman.
(of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
(with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
Example: The field pitches toward the east.
(of an embankment, roadway) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
(of a price, value) To set or fix.
(of a card) To discard for some gain.

pitch

/pɪtʃ/

Phonetics

/pɪtʃ/

noun

The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
Example: The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians.
In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
Example: Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start.

verb

To produce a note of a given pitch.
To fix or set the tone of.