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ALL meanings of pitch into

pitch in·to
P p
  • verb with object pitch into to erect or set up (a tent, camp, or the like). 1
  • verb with object pitch into to put, set, or plant in a fixed or definite place or position. 1
  • verb with object pitch into to throw, fling, hurl, or toss. 1
  • verb with object pitch into Baseball. to deliver or serve (the ball) to the batter. to fill the position of pitcher in (a game): He pitched a no-hitter. He pitched a good game. to choose or assign as a pitcher for a game: The manager pitched Greene the next night. 1
  • verb with object pitch into to set at a certain point, degree, level, etc.: He pitched his hopes too high. 1
  • verb with object pitch into Music. to set at a particular pitch, or determine the key or keynote of (a melody). 1
  • verb with object pitch into Cards. to lead (a card of a particular suit), thereby fixing that suit as trump. to determine (the trump) in this manner. 1
  • verb with object pitch into to pave or revet with small stones. 1
  • verb with object pitch into Masonry. to square (a stone), cutting the arrises true with a chisel. to cut with a chisel. 1
  • verb with object pitch into Informal. to attempt to sell or win approval for; promote; advertise: to pitch breakfast foods at a sales convention. 1
  • verb with object pitch into Informal. to approach or court (as a person, company, or the public) in hope of a sale, approval, or interest; make an appeal to. 1
  • verb with object pitch into to cause to pitch. 1
  • verb with object pitch into Obsolete. to set in order; to arrange, as a field of battle. 1
  • verb with object pitch into Obsolete. to fix firmly as in the ground; embed. 1
  • verb without object pitch into to plunge or fall forward or headlong. 1
  • verb without object pitch into to lurch. 1
  • verb without object pitch into to throw or toss. 1
  • verb without object pitch into Baseball. to deliver or serve the ball to the batter. to fill the position of pitcher: He pitched for the Mets last year. 1
  • verb without object pitch into to slope downward; dip. 1
  • verb without object pitch into to plunge with alternate fall and rise of bow and stern, as a ship (opposed to roll). 1
  • verb without object pitch into (of a rocket or guided missile) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by oscillations of the longitudinal axis in a vertical plane about the center of gravity. 1
  • verb without object pitch into to fix a tent or temporary habitation; encamp: They pitched by a mountain stream. 1
  • verb without object pitch into Golf. to play a pitch shot. 1
  • verb without object pitch into Informal. to attempt to sell or win approval for something or someone by advertising, promotion, etc.: politicians pitching on TV. 1
  • verb without object pitch into Rare. to become established; settle down. 1
  • noun pitch into relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement. 1
  • noun pitch into the degree of inclination or slope; angle: the pitch of an arch; the pitch of a stair. 1
  • noun pitch into the highest point or greatest height: enjoying the pitch of success. 1
  • noun pitch into (in music, speech, etc.) the degree of height or depth of a tone or of sound, depending upon the relative rapidity of the vibrations by which it is produced. 1
  • noun pitch into Music. the particular tonal standard with which given tones may be compared in respect to their relative level. 1
  • noun pitch into Acoustics. the apparent predominant frequency sounded by an acoustical source. 1
  • noun pitch into act or manner of pitching. 1
  • noun pitch into a throw or toss. 1
  • noun pitch into Baseball. the serving of the ball to the batter by the pitcher, usually preceded by a windup or stretch. 1
  • noun pitch into a pitching movement or forward plunge, as of a ship. 1
  • noun pitch into upward or downward inclination or slope: a road descending at a steep pitch. 1
  • noun pitch into a sloping part or place: to build on the pitch of a hill. 1
  • noun pitch into a quantity of something pitched or placed somewhere. 1
  • noun pitch into Cricket. the central part of the field; the area between the wickets. 1
  • noun pitch into Informal. a high-pressure sales talk: The salesman made his pitch for the new line of dresses. a specific plan of action; angle: to tackle a problem again, using a new pitch. 1
  • noun pitch into the specific location in which a person or object is placed or stationed; allotted or assigned place. 1
  • noun pitch into Chiefly British. the established location, often a street corner, of a beggar, street peddler, newspaper vendor, etc. 1
  • noun pitch into Aeronautics. the nosing of an airplane or spacecraft up or down about a transverse axis. the distance that a given propeller would advance in one revolution. 1
  • noun pitch into the motion due to pitching. the extent of the rotation of the longitudinal axis involved in pitching. 1
  • noun pitch into Also called plunge. Geology. the inclination of a linear feature, as the axis of a fold or an oreshoot, from the horizontal. 1
  • noun pitch into Machinery. the distance between the corresponding surfaces of two adjacent gear teeth measured either along the pitch circle (circular pitch) or between perpendiculars to the root surfaces (normal pitch) the ratio of the number of teeth in a gear or splined shaft to the pitch circle diameter, expressed in inches. the distance between any two adjacent things in a series, as screw threads, rivets, etc. 1
  • noun pitch into (in carpet weaving) the weftwise number of warp ends, usually determined in relation to 27 inches (68.6 cm). 1
  • noun pitch into Cards. all fours (def 2). auction pitch. 1
  • noun pitch into Masonry. a true or even surface on a stone. 1
  • noun pitch into (of typewriter type) a unit of measurement indicating the number of characters to a horizontal inch: Pica is a 10-pitch type. 1
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