Word Finder - pitting

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To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.

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Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.

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To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.

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To bring (something) into opposition with something else.

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Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?

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To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

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To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

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One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.

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The formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion.

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The digging of a pit.

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Test pittings were carried out prior to the main excavation.

They'd never trusted one another enough to share, and their father made things worse by compartmentalizing the Council's business and pitting the sons against one another long before he was killed.

The pitting of the tracheides is more or less scalariform in character, and is limited to the radial walls.

By pitting fan favorites against each other for the big prize, reality programs bring in viewers who want to cheer their team on to the end.

With their high chromium concentration, they have excellent pitting and crevice corrosion resistance, and to chloride stress corrosion.

Copper tube can pinhole due to a number of different mechanisms of pitting or erosion corrosion.

I have some pitting edema (swelling) in the leg, but my physiotherapist showed me a massage exercise to help reduce it.

The heart of guy pitting on pays only for Bombay sapphire had.

Pitting Surface cavities; may be related to fatigue, overload or corrosion.

Fluoride over consumption while the teeth are forming will cause white patches in mild cases and brown areas or even pitting in severe cases.

The hit television show Survivor debuted in May 2000 by pitting sixteen contestants against one another on Palau Tiga, an island in Borneo.

Imagine pitting Sindel against Bo Rai Cho, or Goro against Kintaro.

When there are many of these deep, pitting ulcers, with pus in the center and brownish-black scabs, the condition is called ecthyma.

Children who have psoriatic arthritis also have nail deformations, usually pitting of the fingernails or toenails.

Fingernails may be small and concave with pitting, ridges, splits, and/or discoloration.

The lines have two sets of characters, pitting good against evil.

These toys can be used as part of a competitive game pitting cards and action figures against each other.

Amazon also compares reviews by pitting the most favorable review against the most critical review, as designated by the shopping community.

Try pitting class against class at the beginning of a bigger game.

The popular CBS reality TV show is considered a pioneer in the genre pitting contestants (a.k.a. castaways) against each other in remote locations around the world.

A few strokes of such a rubber are sufficient to produce a decidedly " polished " appearance, but prolonged rubbing under considerable pressure and the use of a polishing paste of a proper consistency are required in order to remove the last trace of pitting from the surface.

Pitting of a fork stanchion is not a reason tor rejection unless damage to damper seals has occurred.