Search results for 'pitch¹':

pitch¹ verb (pitches, pitched, pitching) 1 to set up (a tent or camp). 2 to throw or fling. 3 tr & intr to fall or make someone or something fall heavily forward. 4 intrans said of a ship: to plunge and lift alternately at bow and stern. 5 tr & intr said of a roof: to slope • is pitched at a steep angle. 6 to give a particular musical pitch to (one's voice or a note) in singing or playing, or to set (a song, etc) at a higher or lower level within a possible range • The tune is pitched too high for me. 7 to choose a level, eg of difficulty, sophistication, etc at which to present (a talk, etc) • was pitched too low for this audience. 8 a cricket to bowl (the ball) so that it lands where the batsman can hit it; b golf to hit (the ball) high and gently, so that it stays where it is on landing; c tr & intr, baseball said of the pitcher² (sense 1): to throw the ball overarm or underarm to the person batting. 9 to pave (a road) with stones set on end or on edge. noun (pitches) 1 the field or area of play in any of several sports. 2 an act or style of pitching or throwing. 3 a degree of intensity; a level • reached such a pitch of excitement. 4 a the angle of steepness of a slope; b such a slope. 5 music the degree of highness or lowness of a note that results from the frequency of the vibrations producing it. 6 a street trader's station. 7 a line in sales talk, especially one often made use of. 8 the distance between teeth on a saw, toothed wheel, etc, or between threads on a screw. 9 the plunging and rising motion of a ship. 10 the angle between the chord of the blade of a propeller and the plane of rotation. 11 geol the angle between a linear feature on the horizontal, measured in the inclined plane containing both. Compare plunge. pitch camp to set up tents, etc upon arrival at a campsite, etc. queer someone's pitch see queer.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c as picchen to throw or put up.

pitch¹ verb (pitches, pitched, pitching) 1 to set up (a tent or camp). 2 to throw or fling. 3 tr & intr to fall or make someone or something fall heavily forward. 4 intrans said of a ship: to plunge and lift alternately at bow and stern. 5 tr & intr said of a roof: to slope • is pitched at a steep angle. 6 to give a particular musical pitch to (one's voice or a note) in singing or playing, or to set (a song, etc) at a higher or lower level within a possible range • The tune is pitched too high for me. 7 to choose a level, eg of difficulty, sophistication, etc at which to present (a talk, etc) • was pitched too low for this audience. 8 a cricket to bowl (the ball) so that it lands where the batsman can hit it; b golf to hit (the ball) high and gently, so that it stays where it is on landing; c tr & intr, baseball said of the pitcher² (sense 1): to throw the ball overarm or underarm to the person batting. 9 to pave (a road) with stones set on end or on edge. noun (pitches) 1 the field or area of play in any of several sports. 2 an act or style of pitching or throwing. 3 a degree of intensity; a level • reached such a pitch of excitement. 4 a the angle of steepness of a slope; b such a slope. 5 music the degree of highness or lowness of a note that results from the frequency of the vibrations producing it. 6 a street trader's station. 7 a line in sales talk, especially one often made use of. 8 the distance between teeth on a saw, toothed wheel, etc, or between threads on a screw. 9 the plunging and rising motion of a ship. 10 the angle between the chord of the blade of a propeller and the plane of rotation. 11 geol the angle between a linear feature on the horizontal, measured in the inclined plane containing both. Compare plunge. pitch camp to set up tents, etc upon arrival at a campsite, etc. queer someone's pitch see queer.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c as picchen to throw or put up.

pitch¹ verb (pitches, pitched, pitching) 1 to set up (a tent or camp). 2 to throw or fling. 3 tr & intr to fall or make someone or something fall heavily forward. 4 intrans said of a ship: to plunge and lift alternately at bow and stern. 5 tr & intr said of a roof: to slope • is pitched at a steep angle. 6 to give a particular musical pitch to (one's voice or a note) in singing or playing, or to set (a song, etc) at a higher or lower level within a possible range • The tune is pitched too high for me. 7 to choose a level, eg of difficulty, sophistication, etc at which to present (a talk, etc) • was pitched too low for this audience. 8 a cricket to bowl (the ball) so that it lands where the batsman can hit it; b golf to hit (the ball) high and gently, so that it stays where it is on landing; c tr & intr, baseball said of the pitcher² (sense 1): to throw the ball overarm or underarm to the person batting. 9 to pave (a road) with stones set on end or on edge. noun (pitches) 1 the field or area of play in any of several sports. 2 an act or style of pitching or throwing. 3 a degree of intensity; a level • reached such a pitch of excitement. 4 a the angle of steepness of a slope; b such a slope. 5 music the degree of highness or lowness of a note that results from the frequency of the vibrations producing it. 6 a street trader's station. 7 a line in sales talk, especially one often made use of. 8 the distance between teeth on a saw, toothed wheel, etc, or between threads on a screw. 9 the plunging and rising motion of a ship. 10 the angle between the chord of the blade of a propeller and the plane of rotation. 11 geol the angle between a linear feature on the horizontal, measured in the inclined plane containing both. Compare plunge. pitch camp to set up tents, etc upon arrival at a campsite, etc. queer someone's pitch see queer.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c as picchen to throw or put up.