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pitch
  1. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
  2. (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
  3. (sports) (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) Not used in America, where "field" is the preferred word.
  4. An effort to sell or promote something.
  5. 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.
  6. The angle at which an object sits.
  7. A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
  8. The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
    1. (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave.
    2. (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
  9. The place where a busker performs.
  10. An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
  11. An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
  12. A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
  13. (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
  14. (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
  15. (now Britain, regional) A person or animal's height.
  16. (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
  17. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
  18. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
  19. (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
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  21. Examples:
    1. “The size of the overhang varies depending on the pitch of the roof and the amount of shade desired.”
      “A deafening roar surrounded them, growing higher in pitch as the careening ship gathered speed.”
      “He continued to look about nervously, rehearsing his sales pitch in his mind.”
pitching
  1. The act of throwing or casting.
  2. The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
  3. (engineering) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The intense storm caused the ship to experience turbulent pitching as it battled through the rough waves.”
pitch
  1. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
  2. A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
  3. (geology) Pitchstone.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The size of the overhang varies depending on the pitch of the roof and the amount of shade desired.”
      “A deafening roar surrounded them, growing higher in pitch as the careening ship gathered speed.”
      “He continued to look about nervously, rehearsing his sales pitch in his mind.”
pitch
  1. (music) The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
  2. (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The size of the overhang varies depending on the pitch of the roof and the amount of shade desired.”
      “A deafening roar surrounded them, growing higher in pitch as the careening ship gathered speed.”
      “He continued to look about nervously, rehearsing his sales pitch in his mind.”
pitchcapping
  1. A form of torture used against suspected rebels during the period of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, in which hot pitch or tar was poured into a conical paper "cap", which was then forced onto the bound suspect's head, allowed to cool, and rapidly removed, taking with it a portion of the skin.
pitch out
  1. (baseball) A pitch which was intentionally thrown outside to the catcher who stands up with the pitch for the purpose of enabling the catcher to throw out a runner.
pitchout
  1. (baseball) A pitch that is intentionally thrown high and outside of the strike zone in order to prevent a stolen base
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The first time George gave the steal sign, Roseboro picked it up, called for a pitchout and threw out Tracewski by a mile.”
      “If a catcher can get a pitchout on a hit and run sign he upsets the other team greatly.”
      “Barajas was charged with an error in the seventh when a pitchout thrown by Mike Pelfrey to Eli Whiteside stayed too near the plate.”
pitchfest
  1. An event where writers can pitch ideas for television series.
pitchiness
  1. blackness, as of pitch; darkness
  2. Examples:
    1. “American Idol viewers can attest that contestants have been regularly scolded for pitchiness.”
      “Crunk-compatible synth lines played in Eastern scales brighten this new sonic landscape, while sub-bass provides oomph and Auto-Tune covers up any pitchiness in the vocals.”
pitchfests
  1. plural of pitchfest
pitchouts
pitchings
pitches
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