Pitch
(n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships |
Pitch
(n.) See Pitchstone. |
Pitch
(n.) To cover over or smear with pitch. |
Pitch
(n.) Fig.: To darken |
Pitch
(v. t.) To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose |
Pitch
(v. t.) To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles |
Pitch
(v. t.) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway. |
Pitch
(v. t.) To fix or set the tone of |
Pitch
(v. t.) To set or fix, as a price or value. |
Pitch
(v. i.) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation |
Pitch
(v. i.) To light |
Pitch
(v. i.) To fix one's choise |
Pitch
(v. i.) To plunge or fall |
Pitch
(n.) A throw |
Pitch
(n.) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled. |
Pitch
(n.) A point or peak |
Pitch
(n.) Height |
Pitch
(n.) A descent |
Pitch
(n.) The point where a declivity begins |
Pitch
(n.) The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it |
Pitch
(n.) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out. |
Pitch
(n.) The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line |
Pitch
(n.) 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. |
Pitch
(n.) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates. |
Pitch-black
(a.) Black as pitch or tar. |
Pitch-dark
(a.) Dark as a pitch |
Pitch-faced
(a.) Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges |
Pitch-ore
(n.) Pitchblende. |
Plunge
(v. t.) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable |
Plunge
(v. t.) To baptize by immersion. |
Plunge
(v. t.) To entangle |
Plunge
(v. i.) To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid |
Plunge
(v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. |
Plunge
(v. i.) To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest |
Plunge
(n.) The act of thrusting into or submerging |
Plunge
(n.) Hence, a desperate hazard or act |
Plunge
(n.) The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse. |
Plunge
(n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing |
Tough-pitch
(n.) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper. |
Tough-pitch
(n.) Copper so reduced |
| pitch | the action or manner of throwing something, his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor |
| pitch delivery | (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter |
change-up
change-of-pace
change-of-pace ball
off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
| overhand pitch | a baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder |
submarine ball
submarine pitch | a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead |
| wild pitch | an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base |
| lurch pitch pitching | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance), the pitching and tossing was quite exciting |
dip
plunge | a brief swim in water |
| pitch auction pitch | an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump |
| pitch pitch shot | a high approach shot in golf |
| pitch pipe | a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency, used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing |
| variable-pitch propeller | propeller for which the angle of the blades is adjustable |
coal black
ebony
jet black
pitch black
sable
soot black | a very dark black |
| pitch | the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration |
concert pitch
philharmonic pitch
international pitch | the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances, usually assignsHz to the A above middle C |
high pitch
high frequency | a pitch that is perceived as above other pitches |
low pitch
low frequency | a pitch that is perceived as below other pitches |
pitch rake
slant | degree of deviation from a horizontal plane, the roof had a steep pitch |
absolute pitch
perfect pitch | the ability to identify the pitch of a tone |
intonation
modulation pitch contour | rise and fall of the voice pitch |
tonic accent
pitch accent | emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness |
sales talk
sales pitch
pitch | promotion by means of an argument and demonstration |
| plunge | a steep and rapid fall |
| pitch | 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 |
pitch pine northern pitch pine
Pinus rigida | large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada, closely related to the pond pine |
longleaf pine
pitch pine southern yellow pine
Georgia pine
Pinus palustris | large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs, bark is red-brown deeply ridged, an important timber tree |
pitch apple
strangler fig Clusia rosea
Clusia major | a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers |
total darkness
lightlessness
blackness
pitch blackness
black | total absence of light, they fumbled around in total darkness, in the black of night |
| fever pitch | a state of extreme excitement, the crowd was at fever pitch |
| asphalt mineral pitch | a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation, consists mainly of hydrocarbons |
pitch
tar | any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue |
gear
pitch | set the level or character of, She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience |
| pitch | set to a certain pitch, He pitched his voice very low |
| plunge a launch | begin with vigor, He launched into a long diatribe, She plunged into a dangerous adventure |
steep
immerse
engulf
plunge
engross absorb soak up | devote (oneself) fully to, He immersed himself into his studies |
| plunge immerse | cause to be immersed, The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text |
| pitch | lead (a card) and establish the trump suit |
pitch in
dig in | eat heartily, The food was placed on the table and the children pitched in |
lam into
tear into
lace into
pitch into
lay into | hit violently, as in an attack |
| pitch | hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin |
| deliver pitch d | throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball, The pitcher delivered the ball |
flip
toss sky
pitch | throw or toss with a light motion, flip me the beachball, toss me newspaper |
| pitch set up | erect and fasten, pitch a tent |
dunk
dip
souse
plunge
douse | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate, dip the garment into the cleaning solution, dip the brush into the paint |
immerse
plunge | thrust or throw into, Immerse yourself in hot water |
| plunge | dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity, She plunged at it eagerly |
lurch
pitch shift | move abruptly, The ship suddenly lurched to the left |
cant
cant over
tilt slant pitch | heel over, The tower is tilting, The ceiling is slanting |
dive
plunge plunk | drop steeply, the stock market plunged |
plunge
dump | fall abruptly, It plunged to the bottom of the well |