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Noun pitching has 2 senses

pitching - (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team
--₁ is a kind of playing
lurch, pitch, pitching - abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
--₂ is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
--₂ has particulars: rock, careen, sway, tilt
Derived form: verb pitch₂

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

Derived form: noun pitch₁₀
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

Derived forms: noun pitch₉, noun pitching₂
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

Derived form: noun pitch₁
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

Derived forms: noun pitch₃, noun pitch₄
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

Derived form: noun pitch₅
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

Derived form: noun pitch₅
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

Derived forms: noun pitch₂, noun pitcher₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
pitch - hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
--₁₀ is one way to hit

Derived form: noun pitch₇
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
pitch - lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
--₁₁ is one way to play

Derived form: noun pitch₈
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