pitch
pitch&+{1}
[pɪtʃ]
vb
to hurl or throw (something); cast; fling
to set up (a camp, tent, etc)
to place or thrust (a stake, spear, etc) into the ground
to move vigorously or irregularly to and fro or up and down
to aim or fix (something) at a particular level, position, style, etc
if you advertise privately you may pitch the price too low
to aim to sell (a product) to a specified market or on a specified basis
to slope downwards
to fall forwards or downwards
(of a vessel) to dip and raise its bow and stern alternately
to bowl (a ball) so that it bounces on a certain part of the wicket, or (of a ball) to bounce on a certain part of the wicket
(of a missile, aircraft, etc) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by movement of the longitudinal axis about the lateral axisSee yaw See roll
(in golf) to hit (a ball) steeply into the air, esp with backspin to minimize roll
to sing or play accurately (a note, interval, etc).(of a wind instrument) to specify or indicate its basic key or harmonic series by its size, manufacture, etc
to lead (a suit) and so determine trumps for that trick
to throw (a baseball) to a batter.to act as pitcher in a baseball game
to snow without the settled snow melting
n
the degree of elevation or depression
the angle of descent of a downward slope.such a slope
the extreme height or depth
a section of a route between two belay points, sometimes equal to the full length of the rope but often shorter
the degree of slope of a roof, esp when expressed as a ratio of height to span
the distance between corresponding points on adjacent members of a body of regular form, esp the distance between teeth on a gearwheel or between threads on a screw thread
the distance between regularly spaced objects such as rivets, bolts, etc
the pitching motion of a ship, missile, etc
the distance a propeller advances in one revolution, assuming no slip.the blade angle of a propeller or rotor
the distance between the back rest of a seat in a passenger aircraft and the back of the seat in front of it
the auditory property of a note that is conditioned by its frequency relative to other notes.an absolute frequency assigned to a specific note, fixing the relative frequencies of all other notes. The fundamental frequencies of the notes A--G, in accordance with the frequency A = 440 hertz, were internationally standardized and accepted in 1939.See concert pitch .See international pitch
the rectangular area between the stumps, 22 yards long and 10 feet wide; the wicket
the inclination of the axis of an anticline or syncline or of a stratum or vein from the horizontal
another name for seven-up
the act or manner of pitching a ball, as in cricket
a vendor's station, esp on a pavement
a persuasive sales talk, esp one routinely repeated
(in many sports) the field of play
Also called: pitch shot an approach shot in which the ball is struck in a high arc
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