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pitch

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Noun

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Singular
pitch

Plural
pitches

  1. (countable);(sports) In baseball, apitch is when thepitcher throws the ball to thebatter, who tries to hit it.
    Matsuzaka collected 10strikeouts while throwing 108pitches during a 4-1 win over Kansas City.
    The batter was going to swing at thepitch but it was too high.
    Gonzalez reached first in the fifth after being hit by apitch.
  2. (countable);(sports) In football (soccer), apitch is the place where the game is played.
    She kicked the ball halfway down thepitch.
  3. (countable) Apitch is a level of excitement, anger, etc.
    The anger over the changes has pushed this feeling to a feverpitch.
  4. (countable);(music) Apitch is a sound at a particularfrequency, how high or low a note is.
    We need to listen for small changes ofpitch and rhythm that lie beyond the limits of Western music.
    You can hear their worry in thepitch of their voices.
  5. (countable);(music) Somebody'spitch is how well they can produce or recognize a specific note.
    He has perfectpitch; at age eight he played the entire Bach Toccata in D Minor by ear.
  6. (countable) Apitch is an explanation toencourage somebody to do something, often to convince them to buy something.
    He was no good at all at fast-talking salespitches over the telephone.
  7. (uncountable)Pitch is a sticky, black substance used toseal things like roofs.
    The night waspitch black.
  8. (countable) Apitch is theangle, up or down of a surface or vehicle.
  • A pitcher throwing a pitch
    A pitcher throwing a pitch
  • A batter hit by a pitch
    A batter hit by a pitch
  • A football (soccer) pitch
    A football (soccer) pitch
  • The pitch of an airplane
    The pitch of an airplane

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Plain form
pitch

Third-person singular
pitches

Past tense
pitched

Past participle
pitched

Present participle
pitching

  1. (transitive) If youpitch something, youthrow it.
    Hepitched the ball for his dog.
  2. (transitive) If youpitch something, youpromote or attempt to sell something.
    Wepitched our ideas to variouscompanies.
  3. (transitive) If youpitch a tent, youassemble it.
    The decided topitch the tent over there.
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