pitch

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v

1. erect, set up, raise, rear; encamp, station, locate, situate.

2. establish, fix, determine, decide upon, settle, set, stabilize; plant, put, place.

3. fling, cast, throw, toss; heave, hurl, sling, catapult, launch; dart, Brit. Sl. bung, fire, shoot, let sail or fly; dash, chuck, send, Inf. put some oomph into it; All Baseball. peg, throw smoke, put smoke on it, bear down, throw a high, hard one.

4. pave, revet, cobble, face, tar.

5. fall down, take a spill, tumble; go head over heels, plunge, plummet, dive, take a nosedive; fall over, keel over, collapse, slump, crumple, fall into a heap.

6.(usu. of a ship) lurch, roll, reel, flounder, welter, wallow, make heavy weather, be the sport of wind and waves; keel, list, sway, rock.

7. dip, decline, slope, incline, slant, tilt, tip, cant, go downhill.

8. pitch in

contribute, add to, bear a part; join in, help, assist, lend a hand, be of service.

9. pitch into

Informal. assail, attack, assault, set upon, Sl. jump; beset, besiege, importune, harass, harry; revile, vituperate, abuse, belabor, lash, rail against, light into, Inf. sail into, Inf. tear into Inf. rip into, Inf. lace into, Inf. jump down [s.o.'s] throat.

10. pitch onor upon

choose, pick, light on, single out, decide on, determine, elect, opt for.

n

11. position, level, grade, rung, place, station; degree, extent, reach, compass, range, measure, rate; point.

12. angle, inclination, slope, slant, tilt, cant; declivity, downgrade, decline, dip, drop, descent.

13. highest point, height, summit, top, crown, peak, apex, zenith.

14.(all of music, speech, etc.) tone, tonality, timbre, key; color, modulation, intensity, depth, gravity.

15. throw, toss, Chiefly Brit. chuck, Chiefly Baseball Sl. peg, cast, heave, hurl, fling, serve, jaculation.

16. forward plunge, jerk; lurch, list, roll, reel, toss, tumble; swing, sway, veer, swerve, skew; stagger, totter.

17.Slang. sales talk, approach, Inf. spiel, fast talk, hard sell, Sl. line, Inf. song and dance, Sl. bill of goods.

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n

bitumen, asphalt, maltha, gilsonite, tar; colophony, rosin, resin, mastic; sap, turpentine.

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Synonyms:

Degree of elevation, Throw, cast, fling, hurl, toss, launch, send, dart, lance, jaculate, Fall, plunge, fall headlong / Degree, measure, extent, range, rate, Set (as a tent), fix, plant, place, station, locate, settle, establish, Light, settle, rest / Height, loftiness, highest rise, Set, fix (as price), Encamp / Size, stature, Rise and fall / Declivity, descent, slope, inclination / Degree of slope, degree of inclination / Throw, toss, cast, jerk / Relative height

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Pitch — Pitch, n. 1. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits. [1913 Webster] {Pitch and toss}, a game played by tossing up a coin, and calling Heads or tails; hence: {To play pitch and toss with (anything)}, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pitch — may refer to:In music: * Pitch (music), the property of a sound or musical tone measured by its perceived frequency ** Range (music), the distance from the lowest to the highest pitch a musical instrument can play ** Vocal range, the distance… … Wikipedia
pitch — pitch1 [pich] n. [ME pich < OE pic < L pix (gen. picis) < IE base * pi , to be fat > FAT] 1. a black, sticky substance formed in the distillation of coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc. and used for waterproofing, roofing, pavements,… … English World dictionary
Pitch — Pitch, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. ?.] 1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pitch — Pitch, v. t. [OE. picchen; akin to E. pick, pike.] 1. To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball. [1913 Webster] 2. To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pitch up — (informal) To arrive • • • Main Entry: ↑pitch * * * ˌpitch ˈup [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pitch up he/she/it … Useful english dictionary
pitch|y — «PIHCH ee», adjective, pitch|i|er, pitch|i|est. 1. full of pitch; bituminous or resinous. 2. coated, smeared, or sticky with pitch. 3. of the nature or consistency of pitch; … Useful english dictionary
pitch — pitch; pitch·blende; pitch·ered; pitch·er·ful; pitch·i·ness; pitch·er; pitch·fork; pitch·man; … English syllables
pitch — Ⅰ. pitch [1] ► NOUN 1) the degree of highness or lowness in a sound or tone, as governed by the rate of vibrations producing it. 2) the steepness of a roof. 3) a particular level of intensity. 4) Brit. an area of ground marked out or used for… … English terms dictionary
Pitch — (englisch: to pitch = werfen, neigen, stimmen; pitch = Tonhöhe, Neigungswinkel) bezeichnet: beim Sport: im Baseball einen Wurf, siehe Pitcher im Cricket einen Teil des Spielfelds, siehe Pitch (Cricket) im Golf einen Schlag, siehe Golfschlag… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pitch — Pitch, v. i. 1. To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp. Laban with his brethren pitched in the Mount of Gilead. Gen. xxxi. 25. [1913 Webster] 2. To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight. [1913 Webster] The tree whereon… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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