Definition of pitch

noun (n)

• the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration (noun.attribute)

  source: wordnet30
• (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter (noun.act)

  Synonym: delivery
  

  source: wordnet30
• a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk) (noun.location)

  Example:
  He was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors.
  

  source: wordnet30
• promotion by means of an argument and demonstration (noun.communication)

  Synonym: sales pitch, sales talk
  

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• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: rake, slant
  

  Example:
  The roof had a steep pitch.
  

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• any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue (noun.substance)

  Synonym: tar
  

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• a high approach shot in golf (noun.act)

  Synonym: pitch shot
  

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• an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump (noun.act)

  Synonym: auction pitch
  

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• abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) (noun.act)

  Synonym: lurch, pitching
  

  Example:
  The pitching and tossing was quite exciting.
  

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• the action or manner of throwing something (noun.act)

  Example:
  His pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor.
  

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• A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• The distance between symmetrically arranged or corresponding parts of an armature, measured along a line, called the pitch line, drawn around its length. Sometimes half of this distance is called the pitch. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• throw or toss with a light motion (verb.contact)

  Synonym: flip, sky, toss
  

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• move abruptly (verb.motion)

  Synonym: lurch, shift
  

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• fall or plunge forward (verb.motion)

  Example:
  She pitched over the railing of the balcony.
  

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• set to a certain pitch (verb.change)

  Example:
  He pitched his voice very low.
  

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• sell or offer for sale from place to place (verb.possession)

  Synonym: hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, vend
  

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• be at an angle (verb.motion)

  Synonym: incline, slope
  

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• heel over (verb.motion)

  Synonym: cant, cant over, slant, tilt
  

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• erect and fasten (verb.contact)

  Synonym: set up
  

  Example:
  Pitch a tent.
  

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• throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball (verb.contact)

  Synonym: deliver
  

  Example:
  The pitcher delivered the ball.
  

  source: wordnet30
• hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin (verb.contact)

  source: wordnet30
• lead (a card) and establish the trump suit (verb.competition)

  source: wordnet30
• set the level or character of (verb.change)

  Synonym: gear
  

  Example:
  She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience.
  

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• To cover over or smear with pitch. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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