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   Pitch

   /piCH/

   

   noun

   • 1. the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone: "a car engine seems to change pitch downward as the vehicle passes you"
   • ▪ a standard degree of highness or lowness used in performance: "the guitars were strung and tuned to pitch"
   • 2. the steepness of a slope, especially of a roof.
   • ▪ a section of a climb, especially a steep one.
   • ▪ the height to which a hawk soars before swooping on its prey.
   • 3. the level of intensity of something: "he brought the machine to a high pitch of development"
   • ▪ a very high degree of: "rousing herself to a pitch of indignation"
   • 4. a playing field. British
   • ▪ the strip of ground between the two sets of stumps: "both batsmen were stranded in the middle of the pitch"
   • 5. a legal delivery of the ball by the pitcher.
   • ▪ a high approach shot on to the green.
   • ▪ short for pitchout
   • 6. a form of words used when trying to persuade someone to buy or accept something: "a good sales pitch"
   • 7. a swaying or oscillation of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle around a horizontal axis perpendicular to the direction of motion: "the pitch and roll of the ship"
   • 8. the distance between successive corresponding points or lines, e.g., between the teeth of a cogwheel. technical
   • ▪ a measure of the angle of the blades of a screw propeller, equal to the distance forward a blade would move in one revolution if it exerted no thrust on the medium.
   • ▪ the density of typed or printed characters on a line, typically expressed as numbers of characters per inch.

   verb

   • 1. throw (the ball) for the batter to try to hit.
   • ▪ be a pitcher: "she pitched in a minor-league game"
   • ▪ hit (the ball) onto the green with a pitch shot.
   • ▪ (of the ball) strike the ground in a particular spot.
   • 2. throw or fling roughly or casually: "he crumpled the page up and pitched it into the fireplace" Similar throwtossflinghurlcastloblaunchflipshydashaimdirectpropelbowlinformal:chuckslingheavebuzzwhangbungyeetpeghoybish
   • ▪ fall heavily, especially headlong: "she pitched forward into blackness" Similar fallfall headlongtumbletoppleplungeplummetdivetake a nosedivenosedive
   • 3. set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch: "you've pitched the melody very high"
   • ▪ express at a particular level of difficulty: "he should pitch his talk at a suitable level for the age group"
   • ▪ aim (a product) at a particular section of the market: "the machine is being pitched at banks"
   • 4. make a bid to obtain a contract or other business: "they were pitching for an account"
   • 5. set up and fix in a definite position: "we pitched camp for the night" Similar put upset uperectraisepositionfix in positionplacelocateset up camp
   • 6. (of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) rock or oscillate around a lateral axis, so that the front and back move up and down: "the little steamer pressed on, pitching gently" Similar lurchtoss (around)plungerollreelswayrockflounderkeellistwallowlaborpitchpole
   • ▪ (of a vehicle) move with a vigorous jogging motion: "a jeep came pitching down the hill"
   • 7. cause (a roof) to slope downward from the ridge: "the roof was pitched at an angle of 75 degrees"
   • ▪ slope downward: "the ravine pitches down to the creek"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a verb in the senses ‘thrust (something pointed) into the ground’ and ‘fall headlong’): perhaps related to Old English picung ‘stigmata’, of unknown ultimate origin. The sense development is obscure.

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   What does it mean to make a pitch?

   • [singular, uncountable] the degree or strength of a feeling or activity; the highest point of something a frenetic pitch of activity Speculation has reached such a pitch that a decision will have to be made immediately. to make a determined effort to get something or to persuade someone of something He made a pitch to black voters in Alabama.

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   What does pitching mean?

   • act or manner of pitching. a throw or toss. Baseball. the serving of the ball to the batter by the pitcher, usually preceded by a windup or stretch. a pitching movement or forward plunge, as of a ship. upward or downward inclination or slope: a road descending at a steep pitch. a sloping part or place: to build on the pitch of a hill.

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   What is the pitch of a sound?

   • sound The pitch of a sound is how high or low it is. He raised his voice to an even higher pitch. If you pitch something somewhere, you throw it forcefully while aiming carefully. Simon pitched the empty bottle into the lake. Finnish: heittää syöttää tms. Read about the team of authors behind Collins Dictionaries.

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   • In baseball, the ball is pitched (thrown). Elsewhere, writers, salesmen, and other folks make pitches (proposals). There's a long list of pitches, both nouns and verbs. A salesman can give you a sales pitch, when he tells you all the reasons you should buy what he's selling. A high, short golf shot is a pitch.

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