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Sounds | pih'ch |
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Rhymes | backstitch, bewitch, bitch, and 24 more rhymes in ihch at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration. |
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Attributes | high, high-pitched; low, low-pitched |
Narrower | concert pitch, philharmonic pitch, international pitch; high pitch, high frequency; key; low pitch, low frequency; tone; tune |
Broader | sound property |
Verbs | pitch |
Meaning | (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter. |
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Synonyms | delivery |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
Narrower | balk; ball; beanball, beaner; change-up, change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, off-speed pitch; curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender; duster; fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet; knuckleball, knuckler; passed ball; screwball; sinker; spitball, spitter; strike; submarine ball, submarine pitch; wild pitch |
Broader | throw |
Adjectives | sidearm |
Verbs | pitch |
Meaning | A vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk). |
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Examples | "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors" |
Region | United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Broader | position, place |
Verbs | pitch |
Meaning | Promotion by means of an argument and demonstration. |
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Synonyms | sales talk, sales pitch |
Broader | promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging |
Verbs | pitch |
Meaning | Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane. |
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Examples | "the roof had a steep pitch" |
Synonyms | rake, slant |
Broader | gradient, slope |
Verbs | pitch; pitch |
Meaning | Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue. |
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Synonyms | tar |
Narrower | coal tar |
Broader | bitumen |
Meaning | A high approach shot in golf. |
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Synonyms | pitch shot |
Broader | approach, approach shot |
Verbs | pitch |
Meaning | An all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump. |
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Synonyms | auction pitch |
Broader | all fours, high-low-jack |
Verbs | pitch |
Meaning | Abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance). |
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Examples | "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" |
Synonyms | lurch, pitching |
Category | ship |
Narrower | rock, careen, sway, tilt |
Broader | motion, movement, move, motility |
Verbs | pitch |
Meaning | The action or manner of throwing something. |
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Examples | "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor" |
Broader | throw |
Verbs | pitch |
Meaning | Throw or toss with a light motion. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Model | The children pitch the ball |
Synonyms | flip, toss, sky |
Narrower | submarine; lag; throw back, toss back |
Broader | fling |
Nouns | pitch |
Meaning | Move abruptly. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | lurch, shift |
Broader | move |
Nouns | pitch, pitching |
Meaning | Fall or plunge forward. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Model | The airplane is sure to pitch |
Examples | "She pitched over the railing of the balcony" |
Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down |
Meaning | Set to a certain pitch. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "He pitched his voice very low" |
Broader | set |
Participle | pitched |
Nouns | pitch |
Meaning | Sell or offer for sale from place to place. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend |
Broader | deal, sell, trade |
Nouns | pitch; pitch |
Meaning | Be at an angle. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Synonyms | slope, incline |
Narrower | ascend; stoop; fall; climb; dip |
Broader | lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle |
Nouns | pitch |
Meaning | Heel over. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | cant, cant over, tilt, slant |
Narrower | cock |
Broader | move |
Nouns | pitch |
Meaning | Erect and fasten. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "pitch a tent" |
Synonyms | set up |
Narrower | camp, camp down |
Broader | rear, erect |
Meaning | Throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "The pitcher delivered the ball" |
Synonyms | deliver |
Broader | throw |
Nouns | pitch; pitcher |
Meaning | Hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | hit |
Nouns | pitch |
Meaning | Lead (a card) and establish the trump suit. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Category | card game, cards |
Broader | play |
Nouns | pitch |
Meaning | Set the level or character of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody |
Examples | "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience" |
Synonyms | gear |
Narrower | popularize, popularise |
Broader | adapt, accommodate |