Meaning of pitch | Babel Free

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1. The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
   countable, uncountable
2. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
   countable, uncountable
3. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
4. To smear or cover with pitch.
5. The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
   countable, uncountable
6. A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
   countable, uncountable
7. The act of pitching a baseball.
8. To attack verbally or physically; assault.
9. In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
   countable, uncountable
10. Pitchstone.
    countable, uncountable
11. The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
    Australia, New-Zealand, UK
12. Informal To succeed in choosing or achieving, usually quickly: pitched on the ideal solution.
    Informal
13. A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
14. Informal. To set upon with violent force:aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on (or upon), go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike.
15. The field of battle.
    rare
16. of a (certain) musical pitch. a high-pitched / low-pitched voice. toon ذو صَوتٍ، ذو نَبْرَةٍ тон de tom (alto, baixo) nasazený ...-tönend med ... tonehøjde -τονος (ως β΄ συνθ.) de tono... -hääleline تن äänentasoltaan korkea/matala de registre (aigu, grave...) גוֹבָה צְלִיל तारता visina glasa magasságú bernada tónhæð dal tono (...) －調の -음 aukštumo (zināma) augstuma- berpic gestemd med (...) stemmeleie/tonehøyde o ... wysokości تن de tom (alto, baixo) în registru (înalt/ grav) имеющий определён...
17. An effort to sell or promote something.
18. a person who pitches especially (in baseball) the player who throws the ball. gooier, bouler رامٍ питчер atirador nadhazovač der/die Werfer(in) pitcher; kaster παίχτης που ρίχνει την μπάλα lanzador servija پرتاب کننده lukkari lanceur/-euse זוֹרֵק הַכָּדוּר घड़ा, सुराही bacač lopte, pucač u bejzbolu dobó (játékos) pelempar bola kastari lanciatore ピッチャー 투수 metėjas, padavėjas padevējs pembaling pitcherkaster miotacz غور ځوونكى، ويشتونكى atirador aruncător питчер, подающий nahadzovač metalec baca...
    especially
19. The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
20. a battle between armies that have been prepared and arranged for fighting beforehand. They fought a pitched battle. erge stryd مَعْرَكَة مُنَظَّمَه إستَعَدَّ لها الجَيشان уговорена битка batalha campal pravidelná bitva offene Schlacht regulært slag μάχη σε παράταξη batalla campal otsustav lahing نبرد رزم آرایی شده ankara taistelu bataille rangéeקרב जम कर हुई लड़ाई klasična bitka,s obje strane postrojene nasuprot szabályos ütközet pertempuran sengit uppstillt orrusta battaglia campale 決戦 총력전 l...
21. The angle at which an object sits.
22. a large long-handled fork for lifting and moving hay. hooivurk شَوْكَة، مِذْراة تَفْريغ вила forcado vidle die Heugabel fork; høtyv δικράνα horca hang, vigel چنگک hanko fourcheקלשון पांचा से उठाना या फेंकना vile (za sijeno) vasvilla garpu rumput heykvísl/-gaffall forcone くまで 쇠스랑 šakės (siena) dakšas serampang peladang hooivorkhøygaffelwidły ښاخى، سكو forcado furcă вилы vidly vile vile za seno högaffel คราด yaba, saman tırmığı 乾草叉 вила کھانچہ، دوشاخہ cây chĩa xỉa rơm 干草叉
23. The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
24. The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
25. a thick black substance obtained from tar. as black as pitch. pik مادَّة الزِّفْت катран piche asfalt das Pech beg πίσσαbrea pigi قیر piki bitumeזפת हमला करना smola, bitumen szurok ter bik, hrátjara pece ピッチ 피치 degutas darva gegala pikbek lepik, smoła دامبر،قیر piche smoală смола, деготь asfalt katran katran beck ยางมะตอย simsiyah; zifirî karanlık; zift türevi 瀝青 смола; дьоготь تاڑکول dầu hắc ín 沥青
26. A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
27. An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
28. as black, or dark, as pitch; completely black or dark. Outside the house it was pitch-black; It's a pitch-dark night. pikswart أسوَد مثل الزِّفْت черен escuro como breu černý jako uhel pechschwarz bælgmørk κατάμαυρος negro como la boca del lobo pigimust بسیار سیاه pikimusta noir comme du jais חוֹשֶך מִצרָיִים अत्यधिक अंधेरा crn kao noć koromsötét hitam legam biksvartur nero come la pece; buio pesto まっ黒な 캄캄한, 칠흑같이 어두운 juodas kaip degutas, visiškai tamsus piķa melns; piķa tumšs gelap gelita pik...
29. The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
    broadly
30. An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
31. A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
32. A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
33. The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
34. Collectively, the outermost points of some part of the body, especially the shoulders or hips.
    obsolete, uncountable
35. The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
36. A person's or animal's height.
    British, regional
37. Prominence; importance.
38. A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
39. A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
40. That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
41. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
42. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
43. The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.

Equivalents

Examples

“It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.”

“Near-synonyms: tar, coal tar, asphalt, bitumen”

“They put pitch on the mast to protect it.”

“The barrel was sealed with pitch.”

“It was pitch black because there was no moon.”

“a good pitch in quoits”

“The pitch was low and inside.”

“The teams met on the pitch.”

““The two men of Alltraighe maintain, Two chiefs of the plain of Kerry, A clan the most active in pitch of battle, Their chiefs are O’Neide and Clan Conary.””

“Every other day they would spend half of the training hours on the battle pitch.”

“George’s cult was popular in the east because of his legendary feats on the battle pitch and because of the location of his tomb, which was a pilgrimage site.”

“He gave me a sales pitch.”

“The pitch of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch.”

“The pitch of this saw is perfect for that type of wood.”

“A helical scan with a pitch of zero is equivalent to constant z-axis scanning.”

“the pitch of the roof or haystack”

“the pitch of an aircraft”

“The propeller blades' pitch went to 90° as the engine was feathered.”

“Another reason is that the prostitute who makes her pitch at Marble Arch stands a chance of being picked up by an out-of-town business man stopping at one of the hotels in the vicinity, and of being treated to a steak dinner […]”

“He lived at a time when learning was at its highest pitch.”

“But, except the mind be disordered by disease or madness, they never can arrive at such a pitch of vivacity”

“In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness.”

“In this poem his 'vernacular' bluster and garish misrhymes build to a pitch of rowdy anarchy […]”

“Driven headlong from the pitch of heaven, down / Into this deep.”

“From the pitch of Cape-Fraward, to the pitch of Cape-Holland, the Streight lies in the Channel West and by North, nearest, and is distant full five Leagues;”

“Such breadth of ſhoulders as might mainely beare Olde Atlas burthen, twixt his manly pitch, A pearle more worth, then all the world is plaſte:”

“Alba the emperor was crook-backed, Epictetus lame; that great Alexander a little man of stature, Augustus Cæsar of the same pitch […].”

“So like in person, garb, and pitch, 'Twas hard t' interpret which was which”

“Enterprises of great pitch and moment.”

“The line turns a sharp right-angle to the north to circumvent the town, and then plunges straight into the 1 in 50, which lasts for nearly 20 miles with few intermissions, and some pitches of 1 in 40.”

“You lead "through" instead — your companion leads a pitch, then you join him. But instead of swapping over at the ice axe belay, you carry on in the lead, cutting or kicking steps until you are about twenty feet above.”

“The entrance pitch requires 30 metres of rope.”

“a steep pitch in the road”

“the pitch of a roof”

“The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians.”

“Hertzian waves are not caused by vibrations of the ponderable matter of the brass balls, the form of which only determines the pitch.”

“Are we in baroque pitch for this one?”

“Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start.”

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