verb
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To cover or smear with pitch.
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To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
verb
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To throw.
example
He pitched the horseshoe.
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To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
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To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
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Bob pitches today.
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To throw away; discard.
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He pitched the candy wrapper.
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To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
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He pitched the idea for months with no takers.
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To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
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At which level should I pitch my presentation?
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To assemble or erect (a tent).
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Pitch the tent over there.
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To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
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To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
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To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
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The only way to get on the green from here is to pitch the ball over the bunker.
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To bounce on the playing surface.
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The ball pitched well short of the batsman.
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(of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
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To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
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(with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
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To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
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The field pitches toward the east.
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(of an embankment, roadway) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
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(of a price, value) To set or fix.
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(of a card) To discard for some gain.
verb
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To produce a note of a given pitch.
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To fix or set the tone of.
adjective
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Having a slope.
example
a pitched roof
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Having a specified tonal range.
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a high-pitched scream.
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Fought from predetermined positions at a specified time and place.
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a pitched battle
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Covered in pitch.