Definitions for pit
pɪtpit

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pit, cavitynoun

   a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

   "they dug a pit to bury the body"

2. pit, fossanoun

   a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

3. stone, pit, endocarpnoun

   the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

   "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"

4. Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pitnoun

   (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

   "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson

5. pitnoun

   an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

6. pitnoun

   (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on

7. pitnoun

   (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

8. pit, pitfallnoun

   a trap in the form of a concealed hole

9. pit, quarry, stone pitnoun

   a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

   "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"

10. orchestra pit, pitnoun

    lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

11. colliery, pitverb

    a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

12. pit, oppose, match, play offverb

    set into opposition or rivalry

    "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"

13. scar, mark, pock, pitverb

    mark with a scar

    "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

14. pit, stoneverb

    remove the pits from

    "pit plums and cherries"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PITnoun

   Precision Immobilization Technique

2. PITnoun

   Pursuit Intervention Technique

3. PITnoun

   Parallel Immobilization Technique

   All three terms mean the same thing, a bumping technique used by U.S. police departments during car pursuits to force the pursued vehicle to abruptly turn sideways to the direction of travel, causing the driver to lose control and stop. Usually used in the phrase "PIT maneuver".

4. PITnoun

   Programmable interval timer

5. Etymology: From pit, from pitte, from pittan (compare Middle Franconian Pfitze), oblique of. Compare pith.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PITnoun

   Etymology: pit , Saxon.

   1. A hole in the ground.

   Get you gone,
   And from the pit of Acheron
   Meet me i’ th’ morning. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Tumble me into some loathsome pit,
   Where never man’s eye may behold my body. William Shakespeare.

   Our enemies have beat us to the pit;
   It is more worthy to leap in ourselves,
   Than tarry ’till they push us. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

   Pits upon the sea-shore turn into fresh water, by percolation of the salt through the sand; but in some places of Africa, the water in such pits will become brackish again. Francis Bacon.

   2. Abyss; profundity.

   Into what pit thou seest
   From what height fallen. John Milton.

   3. The grave.

   O Lord, think no scorn of me, lest I become like them that go down into the pit. Psalm xxviii. 1.

   4. The area on which cocks fight; whence the phrase, to fly the pit.

   Make him glad, at least, to quit
   His victory, and fly the pit. Hudibras.

   They managed the dispute as fiercely, as two game-cocks in the pit. John Locke, on Education.

   5. The middle part of the theatre.

   Let Cully, Cockwood, Fopling charm the pit,
   And in their folly shew the writers wit. Dryden.

   Now luck for us, and a kind hearty pit;
   For he who pleases, never fails of wit. Dryden.

   6. [ Pis, peis, old Fr. from pectus, Lat.] Any hollow of the body: as, the pit of the stomach; the arm pit.7. A dint made by the finger.

2. To Pitverb

   To sink in hollows.

   An anasarca, a species of dropsy, is characterised by the shining and softness of the skin, which gives way to the least impression, and remains pitted for some time. Samuel Sharp.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PIT

   Pittsburgh International Airport (IATA: PIT, ICAO: KPIT, FAA LID: PIT), formerly Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, is a civil–military international airport in Findlay Township and Moon Township, Pennsylvania. Located about 10 miles (15 km) west of downtown Pittsburgh, it is the primary international airport serving the Greater Pittsburgh Region as well as adjacent areas in West Virginia and Ohio. The airport is owned and operated by the Allegheny County Airport Authority and offers passenger flights to destinations throughout North America and Europe. PIT has four runways and covers 10,000 acres (4,000 ha).First opened in 1952, the airport was initially served by five airlines and became a small hub for Trans World Airlines for over two decades. The airport underwent a massive $1 billion rebuilding and expansion which was largely designed to US Airways' specification so it could become one of their major hubs. Completed in 1992, the new airport was one of the most innovative in the world, dubbed the "airport of the future" by the New York Times, and helped to pioneer modern airport design with its X-shape to reduce distance between gates, underground tram to transport passengers around the airport, and array of shopping options, all of which were cutting-edge at the time. Traffic peaked at 20 million passengers in the late 1990s, and US Air peaked at 542 flights and 11,995 employees at the airport in 2001, and the airport was an important pillar of the Pittsburgh economy. However, the downturn in air travel immediately after September 11 attacks badly harmed US Airways' financial state. US Air declared chapter 11 bankruptcy twice in a row, and abandoned Pittsburgh as a hub in 2004, eliminating thousands of jobs and nearly bankrupting the airport itself, which was built largely to suit US Airways' needs. However, US Air's diminished capacity at Pittsburgh opened the door for other airlines to expand operations and better serve local Pittsburgh-area passengers rather than focus on connecting passengers. The airport experienced a resurgence in the 2010s, doubling the number of carriers to 16 as the Allegheny County Airport Authority has aggressively courted airlines and lobbied for new passenger routes. Southwest Airlines has increased its presence at the airport in recent years, overtaking American Airlines (which US Airways acquired and merged with) as the largest carrier in terms of passengers. The airport is also a hub for regional carrier Southern Airways Express. Cargo operations have increased at the airport in recent years.In 2017, the airport became the first in the country to reopen access to the post-security terminal for individuals who are not flying, as long as they can pass through security, after the federal government lifted restrictions put in place after 9/11.In 2021, the airport became the first in the world with its own microgrid, which provides power to the entire airport with natural gas and solar power.The airport is currently undergoing a $1.39 billion renovation which will include a new terminal for check-in, security, and baggage claim adjacent to the gates. The renovation will eliminate the need for the tram and increase the number of parking spaces. Officials emphasized that the renovations would make the airport more suited to Pittsburgh, rather than to US Airways. First announced in 2017 and delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the renovation resumed in 2021 and is now projected to open in 2025. The project will not use any local tax dollars, and airlines will pay most of the costs.

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1. pit

   A pit is a hole, cavity, or depression in a surface or ground, usually created naturally or through excavation. It can also refer to a specific area for certain activities, like an orchestra pit in a theater or a trading pit in a stock exchange. In fruit terminology, it refers to the hard seed at the center.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pitnoun

   a large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

2. Pitnoun

   the shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit

3. Pitnoun

   a large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit

4. Pitnoun

   a vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit

5. Pitnoun

   any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades

6. Pitnoun

   a covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively

7. Pitnoun

   a depression or hollow in the surface of the human body

8. Pitnoun

   the hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit

9. Pitnoun

   see Pit of the stomach (below)

10. Pitnoun

    the indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox

11. Pitnoun

    formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater

12. Pitnoun

    an inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats

13. Pitnoun

    the endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc

14. Pitnoun

    a depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct

15. Pitverb

    to place or put into a pit or hole

16. Pitverb

    to mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox

17. Pitverb

    to introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another

18. Etymology: [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Pit

   pit, n. a hole in the earth: a place whence minerals are dug: the bottomless pit: the grave: the abode of evil spirits: a hole used as a trap for wild beasts: the hollow of the stomach, or that under the arm at the shoulder: the indentation left by smallpox: the ground-floor of a theatre: an enclosure in which cocks fight: the shaft of a mine.—v.t. to mark with little hollows: to lay in a pit: to set in competition:—pr.p. pit′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. pit′ted.—ns. Pit′-coal, coal dug from a pit—not charcoal; Pit′-frame, the framework round a mine-shaft; Pit′-head, the ground at the mouth of a pit, and the machinery, &c., on it; Pit′man, a man who works in a coal-pit or a saw-pit, esp. the man who works the pumping machinery in the shaft of a mine: (mach.) a rod connecting a rotary with a reciprocating part.—adj. Pit′ted, marked with small pits.—ns. Pit′ting, the act of digging, or of placing in, a pit: a group of pit-marks: a corrosion of the inside of steam-boilers, &c.; Pit′-vill′age, a group of miners' houses near a pit. [A.S. pyt, pytt—L. puteus, a well.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pit

   In the dockyards. See SAW-PIT.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pitnoun

   1.) A term for either the grave or the realm of the dead. 2.) The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter denoting electrons on a angular momentum about an inter nuclear axis crossing in front of an enemy force approximately at right angles, securing a tactical advantage for gunnery.

   The lake of fire 2×many pits reserved for Elyon and Jesus Christ enemies.

   Etymology: Hell's kitchen

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on October 23, 2023  

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Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pit

   The floor of a theatre bears this name because the original Drury Lane Theatre was built by Killigrew on the site of the famous cockpit in Drury Lane.

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pit' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2621

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pit' in Nouns Frequency: #1499

Anagrams for pit »

1. tip

2. tpi

3. TPI

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pit in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of pit in a Sentence

1. Roy Huckabay:

   It's the Board of Trade's way of handling the lack of a pit.

2. The ESA Woerner:

   There are various companies and public agencies asking to join the club now, so they want to do different things, resource mining, in situ research, tourism and that kind of stuff. There is a big community interested, the moon village is a pit stop on the way to Mars.

3. Woody Allen:

   At the opera in Milan with my daughter and me, Needleman leaned out of his box and fell into the orchestra pit. Too proud to admit it was a mistake, he attended the opera every night for a month and repeated it each time.

4. Scott C. Holstad:

   pound for pound, the best one of the bunch, a fighter, scratcher, pit bull, she can nail ‘em to the floor in one second flat, her body’s beautiful, but her mind’s a work of art, whirling madly, twisting and turning, she’s a REAL woman and she won’t let you forget it

5. Amy Fochler:

   Veterans face a lot of adversity when it comes to burn pit exposure. Three things are needed for service connection, exposure and service, a current disability, and a nexus between that exposure and their disability, the Nexus piece is usually the most difficult to establish and with Chris, because the onset was in service, the VA found that there was a nexus. For most veterans, the disability manifests after service, and so, without a presumptive for conditions due to burn pit exposure, the burden is on the veteran to present evidence of a medical nexus between their current disability and their burn pit exposure. Most of the time, the VA doesn't recognize the connection.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pit
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pit
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pit
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pit
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pit
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=pit
9. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=pit