pitch

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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.

2. 2noun

   See Pitchstone.

3. 3noun

   To cover over or smear with pitch.

4. 4noun

   Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.

5. 5transitive verb

   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.

6. 6transitive verb

   To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly, as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp.

7. 7transitive verb

   To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway.

8. 8transitive verb

   To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune.

9. 9transitive verb

   To set or fix, as a price or value.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.

11. 11intransitive verb

    To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight.

12. 12intransitive verb

    To fix one's choise; -- with on or upon.

13. 13intransitive verb

    To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east.

14. 14noun

    A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits.

15. 15noun

    That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.

16. 16noun

    A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound.

17. 17noun

    Height; stature.

18. 18noun

    A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.

19. 19noun

    The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof.

20. 20noun

    The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low.

21. 21noun

    The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.

22. 22noun

    The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch.

23. 23noun

    The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller.

24. 24noun

    The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates.

25. 25noun

    the action or manner of throwing something

    "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor"

26. 26noun

    (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

    Synonyms

    delivery
27. 27noun

    abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

    "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"

    Synonyms

    lurchpitching
28. 28noun

    an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump

29. 29noun

    a high approach shot in golf

30. 30noun

    the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

31. 31noun

    degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

    "the roof had a steep pitch"

    Synonyms

    rakeslant
32. 32noun

    promotion by means of an argument and demonstration

33. 33noun

    a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)

    "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors"

34. 34noun

    any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

    Synonyms

    tar
35. 35verb

    set the level or character of

    "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"

    Synonyms

    gear
36. 36verb

    set to a certain pitch

    "He pitched his voice very low"

37. 37verb

    lead (a card) and establish the trump suit

38. 38verb

    hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin

39. 39verb

    throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball

    "The pitcher delivered the ball"

    Synonyms

    deliver
40. 40verb

    throw or toss with a light motion

    "flip me the beachball"

    "toss me newspaper"

    Synonyms

    flipskytoss
41. 41verb

    erect and fasten

    "pitch a tent"

42. 42verb

    move abruptly

    "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

    Synonyms

    lurchshift
43. 43verb

    heel over

    "The tower is tilting"

    "The ceiling is slanting"

    Synonyms

    cantslanttilt
44. 44verb

    fall or plunge forward

    "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"

45. 45verb

    be at an angle

    "The terrain sloped down"

    Synonyms

    inclineslope
46. 46verb

    sell or offer for sale from place to place

    Synonyms

    hawkhuckstermongerpeddlevend