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English to English noun
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the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration |  | source: wordnet30
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(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter | | source: wordnet30
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a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk) | | Example: he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors
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promotion by means of an argument and demonstration | | source: wordnet30
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degree of deviation from a horizontal plane | | Example: the roof had a steep pitch
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any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue | | source: wordnet30
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a high approach shot in golf | | source: wordnet30
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an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump | | source: wordnet30
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abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | | Example: the pitching and tossing was quite exciting
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the action or manner of throwing something | | Example: his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor
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A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. | | source: webster1913
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A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits. | | source: webster1913
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The distance between symmetrically arranged or corresponding parts of an armature, measured along a line, called the pitch line, drawn around its length. Sometimes half of this distance is called the pitch. | | source: webster1913 verb
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throw or toss with a light motion | | Example: flip me the beachball
toss me newspaper
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move abruptly | | Example: The ship suddenly lurched to the left
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fall or plunge forward | | Example: She pitched over the railing of the balcony
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set to a certain pitch | | Example: He pitched his voice very low
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sell or offer for sale from place to place | | source: wordnet30
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be at an angle | | Example: The terrain sloped down
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heel over | | Example: The tower is tilting
The ceiling is slanting
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erect and fasten | | Example: pitch a tent
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throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball | | Example: The pitcher delivered the ball
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hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin | | source: wordnet30
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lead (a card) and establish the trump suit | | source: wordnet30
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set the level or character of | | Example: She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience
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To cover over or smear with pitch. | | source: webster1913
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To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball. | | source: webster1913
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To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp. | | source: webster1913
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