Collins English-English Dictionary

pitch [pɪtʃ]

1. 1. n [golf] pitch shot an approach shot in which the ball is struck in a high arc

2. 2. vb to hurl or throw (something); cast; fling

3. 3. vb [usually tr] to set up (a camp, tent, etc)

4. 4. vt. [tr] to place or thrust (a stake, spear, etc) into the ground

5. 5. vi. [intr] to move vigorously or irregularly to and fro or up and down

6. 6. vt. [tr] to aim or fix (something) at a particular level, position, style, etc

   if you advertise privately you may pitch the price too low

7. 7. vt. [tr] to aim to sell (a product) to a specified market or on a specified basis

8. 8. vi. [intr] to slope downwards

9. 9. vi. [intr] to fall forwards or downwards

10. 10. vi. [intr] (of a vessel) to dip and raise its bow and stern alternately

11. 11. vi. [cricket] to bowl (a ball) so that it bounces on a certain part of the wicket, or (of a ball) to bounce on a certain part of the wicket

12. 12. vi. [intr] (of a missile, aircraft, etc) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by movement of the longitudinal axis about the lateral axis - Compare yaw roll

13. 13. vt. [tr] (in golf) to hit (a ball) steeply into the air, esp with backspin to minimize roll

14. 14. vt. [tr] [music] to sing or play accurately (a note, interval, etc)

15. 15. vt. [usually passive] (of a wind instrument) to specify or indicate its basic key or harmonic series by its size, manufacture, etc

16. 16. vt. [tr] [cards] to lead (a suit) and so determine trumps for that trick

17. 17. vt. [Baseball] [tr] to throw (a baseball) to a batter

18. 18. vi. [intr] to act as pitcher in a baseball game

19. 19. vi. [Southwest English] [Dialect] [used with it as subject] to snow without the settled snow melting

20. 20. n the degree of elevation or depression

21. 21. n the angle of descent of a downward slope

22. 22. n such a slope

23. 23. n the extreme height or depth

24. 24. n [mountaineering] a section of a route between two belay points, sometimes equal to the full length of the rope but often shorter

25. 25. n the degree of slope of a roof, esp when expressed as a ratio of height to span

26. 26. n the distance between corresponding points on adjacent members of a body of regular form, esp the distance between teeth on a gearwheel or between threads on a screw thread

27. 27. n the distance between regularly spaced objects such as rivets, bolts, etc

28. 28. n the pitching motion of a ship, missile, etc

29. 29. n the distance a propeller advances in one revolution, assuming no slip

30. 30. n the blade angle of a propeller or rotor

31. 31. n the distance between the back rest of a seat in a passenger aircraft and the back of the seat in front of it

32. 32. n [music] the auditory property of a note that is conditioned by its frequency relative to other notes

    high pitch

    low pitch

33. 33. n an absolute frequency assigned to a specific note, fixing the relative frequencies of all other notes. The fundamental frequencies of the notes A--G, in accordance with the frequency A = 440 hertz, were internationally standardized and accepted in 1939 - See also concert pitch international pitch

34. 34. n [cricket] the rectangular area between the stumps, 22 yards long and 10 feet wide; the wicket

35. 35. n [geology] the inclination of the axis of an anticline or syncline or of a stratum or vein from the horizontal

36. 36. n another name for seven-up

37. 37. n the act or manner of pitching a ball, as in cricket

38. 38. n [chiefly Brit] a vendor's station, esp on a pavement

39. 39. n [Slang] a persuasive sales talk, esp one routinely repeated

40. 40. n [chiefly Brit] (in many sports) the field of play

41. 41. n See also pitch in pitch into pitch on

42. 42. n [Etymology] C13 picchen; possibly related to pick¹

pitch [pɪtʃ]

1. 1. n any of various heavy dark viscid substances obtained as a residue from the distillation of tars - See also coal-tar pitch

2. 2. n any of various similar substances, such as asphalt, occurring as natural deposits

3. 3. n any of various similar substances obtained by distilling certain organic substances so that they are incompletely carbonized

4. 4. n crude turpentine obtained as sap from pine trees

5. 5. vt. [tr] to apply pitch to (something)

6. 6. vt. [Etymology] Old English pic, from Latin pix