What does pitch mean?
Definitions for pitch
pɪtʃpitch
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word pitch.
Princeton's WordNet
pitchnoun
the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
pitch, deliverynoun
(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
pitchnoun
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"
sales talk, sales pitch, pitchnoun
promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
pitch, rake, slantnoun
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
"the roof had a steep pitch"
pitch, tarnoun
any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
pitch, pitch shotnoun
a high approach shot in golf
pitch, auction pitchnoun
an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
lurch, pitch, pitchingnoun
abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
"the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
pitchverb
the action or manner of throwing something
"his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor"
flip, toss, sky, pitchverb
throw or toss with a light motion
"flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
lurch, pitch, shiftverb
move abruptly
"The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
pitchverb
fall or plunge forward
"She pitched over the railing of the balcony"
pitchverb
set to a certain pitch
"He pitched his voice very low"
peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitchverb
sell or offer for sale from place to place
slope, incline, pitchverb
be at an angle
"The terrain sloped down"
cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitchverb
heel over
"The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
pitch, set upverb
erect and fasten
"pitch a tent"
deliver, pitchverb
throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
"The pitcher delivered the ball"
pitchverb
hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
pitchverb
lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
gear, pitchverb
set the level or character of
"She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
Webster Dictionary
Pitchnoun
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
Etymology: [See Pitch, n.]
Pitchnoun
see Pitchstone
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Pitchnoun
to cover over or smear with pitch
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Pitchnoun
fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure
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Pitchverb
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
Etymology: [See Pitch, n.]
Pitchverb
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
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Pitchverb
to set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway
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Pitchverb
to fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune
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Pitchverb
to set or fix, as a price or value
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Pitchverb
to fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp
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Pitchverb
to light; to settle; to come to rest from flight
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Pitchverb
to fix one's choise; -- with on or upon
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Pitchverb
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
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Pitchnoun
a throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits
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Pitchnoun
that point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled
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Pitchnoun
a point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound
Etymology: [See Pitch, n.]
Pitchnoun
height; stature
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Pitchnoun
a descent; a fall; a thrusting down
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Pitchnoun
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
Etymology: [See Pitch, n.]
Pitchnoun
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
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Pitchnoun
the limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out
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Pitchnoun
the distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch
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Pitchnoun
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
Etymology: [See Pitch, n.]
Pitchnoun
the distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates
Etymology: [See Pitch, n.]
Freebase
Pitch
Pitch is a name for any of a number of viscoelastic, solid polymers. Pitch can be made from petroleum products or plants. Petroleum-derived pitch is also called bitumen or asphalt. Pitch produced from plants is also known as resin. Some products made from plant resin are also known as rosin. Pitch was traditionally used to help caulk the seams of wooden sailing vessels. Pitch was also used to waterproof wooden containers, and is sometimes still used in the making of torches. Petroleum-derived pitch is black in colour, hence the adjectival phrase, "pitch-black".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pitch
pich, n. the solid black shining substance obtained by boiling down common tar.—v.t. to smear with pitch.—adjs. Pitch′-black, Pitch′-dark, dark as pitch: very dark.—ns. Pitch′-blende, a black oxide of uranium; Pitch′-coal, a kind of bituminous coal: jet; Pitch′iness, state or quality of being pitchy; Pitch′-pine, a kind of pine which yields pitch, and is much used in America as fuel; Pitch′-plas′ter, a plaster of Burgundy or white pitch; Pitch′-stone, an old volcanic-like hardened pitch; Pitch′-tree, the kauri pine, the Amboyna pine, or the Norway spruce.—adj. Pitch′y, having the qualities of pitch: smeared with pitch: black like pitch: dark: dismal. [A.S. pic—L. pix, pic-is.]
Pitch
pich, v.t. to thrust or fix in the ground: to fix or set in array: to fix the rate or price: to fling or throw: (mus.) to set the keynote of.—v.i. to settle, as something pitched: to come to rest from flight: to fall headlong: to fix the choice: to encamp: to rise and fall, as a ship.—n. a throw or cast from the hand: any point or degree of elevation or depression: degree: degree of slope: a descent: the height of a note in speaking or in music: (mech.) distance between the centres of two teeth in a wheel or a saw, or between the threads of a screw measured parallel to the axis.—ns. Pitched′-batt′le, a battle in which the contending parties have fixed positions: a battle previously arranged for on both sides; Pitch′er; Pitch′-far′thing, chuck-farthing; Pitch′fork, a fork for pitching hay, &c.: a tuning-fork.—v.t. to lift with a pitchfork: to throw suddenly into any position.—ns. Pitch′ing, the act of throwing: a facing of stone along a bank to protect against the action of water; Pitch′pipe, a small pipe to pitch the voice or tune with.—Pitch and pay (Shak.), pay down at once, pay ready-money; Pitch and toss, a game in which coins are thrown at a mark, the person who throws nearest having the right of tossing all the coins, and keeping those which come down head uppermost; Pitch in, to begin briskly; Pitch into, to assault. [A form of pick.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
pitch
1. The movement of an aircraft or ship about its transverse axis. 2. In air photography, the camera rotation about the transverse axis of the aircraft. Also called tip.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
pitch
Tar and coarse resin boiled to a fluid yet tenacious consistence. It is used in a hot state with oakum in caulking the ship to fill the chinks or intervals between her planks. Also, in steam navigation, the distance between two contiguous threads of the screw-propeller, is termed the pitch. Also, in gunnery, the throw of the shot.--To pitch, to plant or set, as tents, pavements, pitched battles, &c.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
pitch
To fix firmly; to plant; to set in array; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'pitch' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3653
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'pitch' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3645
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'pitch' in Nouns Frequency: #1375
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pitch in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pitch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of pitch in a Sentence
Certainly, we will all have to pitch in, each to his and her best ability, and we will need some wise and enlightened people to guide us, because if we don't, it will be very difficult.
A lot of teams rely way too heavily on two or three kids to pitch and those kids are getting overpitched from a pretty young age.
If you had seen what we had to go through with the darkened plane, with all windows closed, with no lights on whatsoever anywhere. Pitch black. I have never seen anything like it.
All too often, conflicts have been assumed to be localized, just left alone until they reach a pitch where they show their international significance, the danger is that we don't see the links, we don't see people moving back and forth.
After the first pitch flew out of my hand, there didn’t seem to be anything going on so I was a little surprised.
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Translations for pitch
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- pikAfrikaans
- زفت, رميةArabic
- сайыр, дегет, һағыҙBashkir
- llançament, llançarCatalan, Valencian
- smůla, nadhoz, smola, hřistě, roztečCzech
- Harz, Wurf, Pech, Sportplatz, Abstand, Grad, Verkaufsgespräch, Teilung, Neigung, Steigung, Tonhöhe, Tonlage, werfen, stampfen, werben, bewerben, wegwerfen, aufschlagen, TonhGerman
- γήπεδο, πίσσα, πετάω, στήνω, ύψος, ρίχνωGreek
- pez, declive, tono, campo, distancia, paso, brea, lanzamiento, lanzar, echar, armar, altura, altura tonal, promover, plantarSpanish
- گامPersian
- nurmi, kallistus, taso, pihka, syöttö, piki, kenttä, myyntipuhe, jako, nyökätä, heittää, syöttää, heittää menemään, mainostaa, keinuttaa, keinua, pomppia, kinostua, sävelkorkeus, kaupata, myydä, pystyttääFinnish
- sève, terrain, poix, laïus, pas, angle, tangage, résine, lancer, argument, brai, présentation, écartement, inclinaison, pente, hauteur, donner la noteFrench
- teàrr, bìthScottish Gaelic
- זפתHebrew
- पिचHindi
- fok, gyanta, köz, szurok, lejtés, eldob, ver, hangmagasságHungarian
- titinada, nadaIndonesian
- tónhæðIcelandic
- resina, servizio, sostegno, pendenza, beccheggio, pece, campo, promozione, passo, inclinazione, tono, servire, promuovere, crescere, accumularsi, intonazione, timbro, sostenereItalian
- גובה הצלילHebrew
- ピッチJapanese
- კუპრი, ფისიGeorgian
- nipiKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- 피치Korean
- pixLatin
- hoa, tūpoupou, pūpahiMāori
- hars, worp, pek, verkooppraatje, toonhoogte, gooien, werpen, intonerenDutch
- bekNorwegian
- smoła, pole, boisko, żywica, rzut, kąt, wysokość dźwięku, złożyć, rozbićPolish
- seiva, arremesso, piche, campo, grau, altura, arremessar, armarPortuguese
- prezentare, pas, rășină, aruncare, smoală, teren, inclinare, ton, înălțimeRomanian
- дёготь, тангаж, дифферент, смола, подача, подавать, высота, бросать, бросить, подать, ставить, тонRussian
- smolaSerbo-Croatian
- rozstup, ihriskoSlovak
- pisëAlbanian
- beck, kast, plan, ton, kasta, slänga, resa, tonhöjd, läggaSwedish
- மைதானம்Tamil
- สนามThai
- perdeTurkish
- 音高Chinese
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