| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| pitch | fall or plunge forward, She pitched over the railing of the balcony |
slope
incline
pitch | be at an angle, The terrain sloped down |
peddle
monger
huckster
hawk
vend
pitch | sell or offer for sale from place to place |
black
pitch-black
pitch-dark | extremely dark, a black moonless night, through the pitch-black woods, it was pitch-dark in the cellar |