pitch¹ /pich/

1. To thrust or fix in the ground
2. To set up
3. To establish
4. To set or plant firmly
5. To set in position
6. To lay out for sale
7. To set, cover, stud, or face
8. To pave (a road) with stones set on end or on edge
9. To make a foundation of stones for
10. To set in array (obsolete)
11. To pit in opposition
12. To determine or fix (obsolete)
13. To establish the slope of
14. To set in a key, to give this or that musical pitch, emotional tone, or degree of moral exaltation, etc, to
15. To try to interest someone in buying or endorsing (a product)
16. To fling, throw, or toss, esp in such a manner as to fall flat or in a definite position
17. To hit (a golf ball) so that it flies in a high arc and does not roll much on landing
18. To bowl (the ball) so as to strike the ground (at a particular spot) (cricket)

1. To settle
2. To alight
3. To fix the choice (on)
4. To encamp
5. To plunge forward
6. To oscillate about a transverse axis (aeronautics)
7. (of a ship) to plunge and lift alternately at bow and stern
8. To slope down
9. To descend or fall away abruptly
10. To interlock
11. (of a cricket or golf ball) to bounce
12. To throw the ball to the batter (baseball)

1. A place set apart for playing or practising a game
2. The act or manner of pitching
3. A throw or cast
4. Degree, esp of elevation or depression
5. Highest point (figurative; literal meaning is archaic)
6. Height
7. A descent
8. Slope or degree of slope
9. Ground between the wickets (cricket)
10. The point where a ball alights
11. A shot in golf where the ball flies in a high arc and does not roll much on landing
12. A ball thrown to the batter (baseball)
13. A station taken by a street trader, etc
14. A salesman's particular line of persuasive talk
15. A particular means of interesting someone in buying, endorsing, etc something
16. The degree of acuteness of a sound that makes it a high or low, etc, note, or the standard degree of acuteness assigned to a particular note (music)
17. Degree of intensity
18. Distance between successive points or things, such as the centres of teeth in a wheel or a saw, characters in type or the threads of a screw
19. (of a propeller) the angle between the chord of the blade and the plane of rotation
20. The distance a propeller would advance in one revolution

pitchˈer noun

1. A person who pitches
2. A paving-stone or sett
3. A baseball player who delivers the ball to the batter
4. One who pitches a stall
5. A cutting or stake intended to take root

pitchˈing noun

1. The action of the verb to pitch
2. A facing of stone
3. A foundation of stone for a road surface
4. A cobblestone surface of a road

pitch and putt noun

(a game played on) a golf course with short holes, needing only a pitch from tee to green

pitch and run noun

A pitch shot played so that the ball runs on after pitching

pitch-and-tossˈ noun

A game in which coins are thrown at a mark, the player who throws nearest having the right of tossing all, and keeping those that come down heads up

pitch bend noun

1. The technique of modifying the pitch of a musical note
2. The facility to do this

pitch circle noun

In a toothed wheel, an imaginary circle along which the tooth pitch is measured and which would put the wheel in contact with another that meshed with it

pitched battle noun

1. A deliberate battle on chosen ground between duly arranged sides
2. A violent confrontation generally

pitched roof noun

A roof having two surfaces sloping downwards from a central ridge

pitchˈed-roofed or pitchˈ-roofed adjective

pitchˈ-farthing noun

Chuck-farthing

pitchˈfork noun

1. A fork for tossing hay, etc
2. A tuning fork

transitive verb

1. To lift with a pitchfork
2. To throw suddenly into a position or situation

pitching tool noun

A blunt-edged chisel, used to knock off superfluous stone

pitching wedge noun

A lofted golf club for playing pitch shots

pitchˈman noun

1. (also pitchˈperson; fem pitchˈwoman) a street or market trader (N American)
2. An advertising man, esp in the media
3. Someone who delivers a strong sales pitch

pitchˈpipe noun

A small pipe to pitch the voice or to tune strings, etc with

pitchˈ-wheel noun

A toothed wheel which operates with another of the same design

pitch and pay (Shakespeare)

To pay ready money

pitch in (informal)

1. To set to work briskly
2. To join in, co-operate

pitch into

1. To rebuke or assail vigorously
2. To throw oneself into (work, a task, etc)

pitch on or upon

To let one's choice fall on or upon

pitch up (informal)

To arrive

pitch² /pich/

1. The black shining residue of distillation of tar, etc
2. Extended to various bituminous and resinous substances, such as Burgundy pitch
3. Resin from certain pine trees

To smear, cover, or caulk with pitch

pitchˈiness noun

pitchˈy adjective

1. Like or characteristic of pitch
2. Smeared with pitch
3. Full of pitch
4. Black

pitch-blackˈ adjective

Black as pitch

pitch-darkˈ adjective

Utterly dark

pitchˈpine noun

A name for several American pines that yield pitch and timber (Pinus palustris, Pinus rigida, etc)

pitchˈstone noun

A volcanic glass of resinous lustre, usu acid

pitchˈ-tree noun

A tree yielding pitch, turpentine, or resin, esp silver fir, spruce, kauri pine, Amboina pine

• well-dressed
• well dressing
• well-earned
• welled
• well-educated
• well-endowed
• well enough
• well-entered
• well-famed
• well-favoured
• well-fed
• well-formed
• well-found
• well-founded
• well-given
• well-gotten
• well-graced
• well-groomed
• well-grounded
• wellhead
• wellheads
• well-heeled
• well hole
• well holes
• wellhouse