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What is the verb for pitting?

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pit
  1. (transitive) To make pits in.
  2. To put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.
  3. (transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
  4. (intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. hole, dent, dint, indent, mark, nick, notch, scar, blemish, depress, gouge, pockmark, pothole, disfigure, make holes in, make hollows in, hollow, make an indentation in, scoop, furrow, hollow out, stave in, dimple, press in, push in, make a dent in, carve out, poke, dig, make concave, bang, bump, ridge, mar, cut, scratch, groove, gash, incise, engrave, slit, snick, score, carve, serrate, scallop, rut, rabbet, pink, jag … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Because the vapor bubbles contain high energy, they etch, or pit, the surface of the metal they strike.”
      “They strove to bring him face to face with, and to pit him against, his Freudian incarnation.”
pit
  1. (transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hole, dent, dint, indent, mark, nick, notch, scar, blemish, depress, gouge, pockmark, pothole, disfigure, make holes in, make hollows in, hollow, make an indentation in, scoop, furrow, hollow out, stave in, dimple, press in, push in, make a dent in, carve out, poke, dig, make concave, bang, bump, ridge, mar, cut, scratch, groove, gash, incise, engrave, slit, snick, score, carve, serrate, scallop, rut, rabbet, pink, jag … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Because the vapor bubbles contain high energy, they etch, or pit, the surface of the metal they strike.”
      “They strove to bring him face to face with, and to pit him against, his Freudian incarnation.”
pitted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of pit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. holed, hole, dented, dinted, indented, marked, nicked, notched, scarred, blemished, depressed, gouged, pockmarked, disfigured, made holes in, made hollows in, contended, countered, fought, foughten, matched, opposed, vied, played off, set against, put in opposition, set as rivals … more
pitting
  1. present participle of pit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. holing, denting, dinting, indenting, marking, nicking, notching, scarring, blemishing, depressing, gouging, disfiguring, making holes in, making hollows in, contending, countering, fighting, matching, opposing, vying, playing off, setting against, putting in opposition, setting as rivals … more
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