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ALL meanings of pitch

pitch
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  • verb pitch to aim to sell (a product) to a specified market or on a specified basis 0
  • verb pitch to slope downwards 0
  • verb pitch to fall forwards or downwards 0
  • verb pitch (of a vessel) to dip and raise its bow and stern alternately 0
  • verb pitch to bowl (a ball) so that it bounces on a certain part of the wicket, or (of a ball) to bounce on a certain part of the wicket 0
  • verb pitch (of a missile, aircraft, etc) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by movement of the longitudinal axis about the lateral axis 0
  • verb pitch (in golf) to hit (a ball) steeply into the air, esp with backspin to minimize roll 0
  • verb pitch to sing or play accurately (a note, interval, etc) 0
  • verb pitch (of a wind instrument) to specify or indicate its basic key or harmonic series by its size, manufacture, etc 0
  • verb pitch to lead (a suit) and so determine trumps for that trick 0
  • verb pitch to throw (a baseball) to a batter 0
  • verb pitch to act as pitcher in a baseball game 0
  • verb pitch to snow without the settled snow melting 0
  • noun pitch the degree of elevation or depression 0
  • noun pitch the angle of descent of a downward slope 0
  • noun pitch such a slope 0
  • noun pitch the extreme height or depth 0
  • noun pitch a section of a route between two belay points, sometimes equal to the full length of the rope but often shorter 0
  • noun pitch the degree of slope of a roof, esp when expressed as a ratio of height to span 0
  • noun pitch the distance between corresponding points on adjacent members of a body of regular form, esp the distance between teeth on a gearwheel or between threads on a screw thread 0
  • noun pitch the distance between regularly spaced objects such as rivets, bolts, etc 0
  • noun pitch the pitching motion of a ship, missile, etc 0
  • noun pitch the distance a propeller advances in one revolution, assuming no slip 0
  • noun pitch the blade angle of a propeller or rotor 0
  • noun pitch the distance between the back rest of a seat in a passenger aircraft and the back of the seat in front of it 0
  • noun pitch the auditory property of a note that is conditioned by its frequency relative to other notes 0
  • noun pitch an absolute frequency assigned to a specific note, fixing the relative frequencies of all other notes. The fundamental frequencies of the notes A–G, in accordance with the frequency A = 440 hertz, were internationally standardized and accepted in 1939 0
  • noun pitch the rectangular area between the stumps, 22 yards long and 10 feet wide; the wicket 0
  • noun pitch the inclination of the axis of an anticline or syncline or of a stratum or vein from the horizontal 0
  • noun pitch the act or manner of pitching a ball, as in cricket 0
  • noun pitch a vendor's station, esp on a pavement 0
  • noun pitch a persuasive sales talk, esp one routinely repeated 0
  • noun pitch (in many sports) the field of play 0
  • noun pitch an approach shot in which the ball is struck in a high arc 0
  • noun pitch any of various heavy dark viscid substances obtained as a residue from the distillation of tars 0
  • noun pitch any of various similar substances, such as asphalt, occurring as natural deposits 0
  • noun pitch any of various similar substances obtained by distilling certain organic substances so that they are incompletely carbonized 0
  • noun pitch crude turpentine obtained as sap from pine trees 0
  • verb pitch to apply pitch to (something) 0
  • verb transitive pitch to set up; erect 0
  • verb transitive pitch to throw; cast, fling, or toss 0
  • verb transitive pitch to toss (coins, quoits, etc.) as at a mark in a contest 0
  • verb transitive pitch to discard by throwing; throw away 0
  • verb transitive pitch to set in order for battle 0
  • verb transitive pitch to fix or set at a particular point, level, degree, etc. 0
  • verb transitive pitch to try to sell using persuasive talk or advertising 0
  • verb transitive pitch to throw (the ball) to the batter 0
  • verb transitive pitch to assign (a player) to pitch 0
  • verb transitive pitch to serve as pitcher for (a game, inning, etc.) 0
  • verb transitive pitch to loft (a ball), esp. in making an approach 0
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