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Noun pitch has 10 senses
- pitch - the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
--1 is a kind of sound property
--1 has particulars:
- pitch, delivery - (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
--2 is a kind of throw
--2 has particulars: | | balk; ball; beanball, beaner; change-up, change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, off-speed pitch; curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender; duster; fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet; knuckleball, knuckler; passed ball; screwball; sinker; spitball, spitter; strike; submarine ball, submarine pitch; wild pitch |
- pitch - 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"
--3 is a kind of position, place
- sales talk, sales pitch, pitch - promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
--4 is a kind of promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging
- pitch, rake, slant - degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"
--5 is a kind of gradient, slope
- pitch, tar - any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
--6 is a kind of bitumen
--6 has particulars: coal tar
- pitch, pitch shot - a high approach shot in golf
--7 is a kind of approach, approach shot
- pitch, auction pitch - an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
--8 is a kind of all fours, high-low-jack
- lurch, pitch, pitching - abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
--9 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
--9 has particulars: rock, careen, sway, tilt
- pitch - the action or manner of throwing something; "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor"
--10 is a kind of throw
Verb pitch has 12 senses
- flip, toss, sky, pitch - throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
--1 is one way to fling
Sample sentence:
The children pitch the ball
- lurch, pitch, shift - move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- pitch - fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"
--3 is one way to descend, fall, go down, come down
Sample sentence:
The airplane is sure to pitch
- pitch - set to a certain pitch; "He pitched his voice very low"
--4 is one way to set
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch - sell or offer for sale from place to place
--5 is one way to deal, sell, trade
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- slope, incline, pitch - be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
--6 is one way to lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch - heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
--7 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- pitch, set up - erect and fasten; "pitch a tent"
--8 is one way to rear, erect
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- deliver, pitch - throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball"
--9 is one way to throw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- pitch - hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
--10 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- pitch - lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
--11 is one way to play
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- gear, pitch - set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
--12 is one way to adapt, accommodate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
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