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pitchpitch1 /pɪtʃ/ ●●○ noun 1BASEBALL [countable] a throw of the ball to the batter in baseball: He threw a pitch over the batter’s head.2FOR PERSUADING [countable] informal the things someone says to persuade people to buy something, do something, or agree with an idea: a sales pitch He made one last pitch for the deal.3MUSIC eng. lang. arts a)[countable, uncountable] a musical note, or how high or low a musical note is: I’ve never been able to sing on pitch. b)[uncountable] the ability of a musician to play or sing a note at exactly the correct pitch: Kendrick’s pitch was good throughout the first aria. → see also perfect pitch4SOUND/VOICE [countable, uncountable] how low or high someone’s voice or a sound is: His voice rose steadily in pitch as he got angrier.5STRONG FEELINGS [singular, uncountable] the strength of your feelings or opinions about something: Racial tensions have risen to fever pitch (=a very excited level) in recent days.6BLACK SUBSTANCE [uncountable] a black sticky substance that is used on roofs, the bottoms of ships, etc. to stop water from coming through → see also pitch-black, pitch-dark7SLOPE [singular, uncountable] the degree to which something slopes or the angle it is at: the pitch of the roof8SHIP/AIRCRAFT [countable] a movement of a ship or an aircraft in which the front part goes up and the back goes down, and then the front goes down and the back goes up9SPORTS FIELD [countable] British an area of ground marked with lines, that some sports are played on: a cricket pitch noun | verb
pitchpitch2 ●●○ verb 1
BASEBALL [intransitive, transitive] to aim and throw a ball to the batter in baseball: He pitched very well Sunday.► see thesaurus at throw12THROW [transitive] to throw something with a lot of force, often aiming carefully: pitch something over/into/through etc. something He picked up the paper and pitched it into the fire.3FALL [intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive always + adv./prep.] to fall suddenly and heavily in a particular direction, or to make someone or something fall in this way: pitch forward/backward/over etc. Greg tripped and pitched forward into the bushes.pitch somebody into/over/forward etc. A sudden stop pitched her into the windshield.4TRY TO GET BUSINESS [intransitive, transitive] to try to persuade someone to buy something, make a business deal with you, or let you do some work for him or her: pitch for Five companies pitched for the work.pitch something as something The bonds are pitched as a safe investment.pitch something at somebody/something Her novels are pitched at young single women.5TRY TO GET SUPPORT [transitive] to try to make people support something by saying how good it is: pitch something as something The proposals were pitched as the answer to the company’s problems.6SET A LEVEL [transitive always + adv./prep.] if you pitch a speech, explanation, etc. at a particular level of difficulty or to a particular group of people, you make sure that it can be understood by people at that level: pitch something at something The puzzles should be pitched at the right level.7SHIP/AIRCRAFT [intransitive] if a ship or an aircraft pitches, it moves up and down in an uncontrolled way with the movement of the water or air → see also roll1 (9), yaw8pitch a tent (also pitch camp) to set up a tent or a camp for a short time: We’d better pitch the tent before it gets dark.9pitch somebody a line informal to tell someone a story or give someone an excuse that is difficult to believe: She pitched me some line about a bomb scare on the subway.10VOICE/MUSIC [transitive always + adv./prep.] eng. lang. arts if you pitch your voice or another sound at a particular level, the sound is produced at that level: pitch something high/low This song is pitched too high for my voice. → see also high-pitched, low-pitched11SLOPE [intransitive always + adv./prep.] to slope down: pitch gently/steeply etc. The roof pitches sharply to the rear of the house. → see also pitchedpitch somebody/something against somebody/something phrasal verb to make someone fight or compete with someone elsepitch in phrasal verb informal1to start to work eagerly as a member of a group: When the harvest comes, the whole family pitches in.2to add your help, support, or money: The whole team pitched in to buy Kevin a nice present.pitch somebody/something into something phrasal verb to suddenly put someone in a new situation: The attacks pitched the city into chaos.