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pitch

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

pitch

If you pitch something, you throw it. He pitched the ball for his dog. If you pitch something, you promote or attempt to sell something. If you pitch a tent, you assemble it. The decided to pitch the tent over there.

pitch

(= flip, toss) throw or toss with a light motion flip me the beachball toss me newspaper the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration (= lurch) move abruptly The ship suddenly lurched to the left (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter fall or plunge forward She pitched over the railing of the balcony degree of deviation from a horizontal plane the roof had a steep pitch set to a certain pitch He pitched his voice very low a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk) he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors (= sales talk) promotion by means of an argument and demonstration the action or manner of throwing something his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump a high approach shot in golf any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue erect and fasten pitch a tent hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin lead (a card) and establish the trump suit (= deliver) throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball The pitcher delivered the ball set the level or character of She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience (= pitching) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) the pitching and tossing was quite exciting (= slope) be at an angle The terrain sloped down (= tilt, slant) heel over The tower is tilting The ceiling is slanting (= peddle) sell or offer for sale from place to place

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Conjugation pitch conjugation

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pitch · verb

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Simple sentences

It was pitch black outside.
He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.
It is pitch dark.
The standard pitch A is used as referential pitch for tuning most of all instruments and is set to 440 Hertz.
Even people with perfect pitch sometimes have a hard time with Mandarin, let alone Cantonese.
I wonder if it's possible to teach myself perfect pitch.
The mod wheel is broken on this synthesizer, but the pitch bend still works.
It was pitch-black.
They say that a person who has perfect pitch can tell just by listening what pitch a note is.
It's pitch black outside.
Whose idea was it to pitch the tent here?
Let's pitch the tent while it's still light.
Pitch the ball.

Movie subtitles

Pitch in and help him.
It's customary up here, Mrs. Blake, for everybody to pitch in and do their share.
Hey, pitch up that last fish, Manuel.
You used to pitch better than that.
And this master of time and people was an oppressor to both. and the earth was as pitch in the faces ofhis subjects and his slaves.
And this master of time and people was an oppressor to both. until the earth was as pitch on the faces ofhis subjects and his slaves. and they groaned together in secret. and were slayed in the marketplace.
What's your pitch, Pearlie?
Everybody wants to get in and pitch.
Stay in that pitch.
The one pitch.
All you have to do is to take your Mills bombs. pull the pin, and pitch them over.
Throw the first one farthest. then get a decent place under the bushes and pitch the others.
If some man is upsetting you, pitch him out of your life.
It was pitch black when I relieved you, Kovac.
Gentlemen of the jury, you're about to hear a defense argued by a lawyer who raised the pitch of this hearing.
We've got a lot of roll and pitch here, and rough seas.
No, I'm off pitch and toss.
You used to pitch better than that. Hello.
And this master of time and people was an oppressor to both. and the earth was as pitch in the faces of his subjects and his slaves.
And this master of time and people was an oppressor to both. until the earth was as pitch on the faces of his subjects and his slaves. and they groaned together in secret. and were slayed in the marketplace.
I could pitch a tent out here, and we could look at each other.
Then the night falls and we are forced to pitch an emergency settlement.
I'm a little upset. If some man is upsetting you, pitch him out of your life.
They also control the soccer pitch, which means if you want to play there, you have to ask permission from Frankie and his crew.
Nick, they haven't allowed us to play on the soccer pitch all year.
So that means that you will make them share the soccer pitch with us?
It's like they think they own the soccer pitch, but only God owns the soccer pitch.
And now, because of Frankie and his crew, I can't even play on the soccer pitch.
Frankie, on my father's life, Until you realize our right to share the soccer pitch, we will continue to sting you, and sting you like a swarm of killer bees. Okay, okay, come on, come on.
I respectfully ask you one Let us share the soccer pitch. You're never gonna play on our soccer field.
I can hear from here Aziani's sales pitch.
SHOULD I DISCOVER YOU IN MY KITCHEN AGAIN, I SHALL PITCH YOU OUT NECK AND CLASP!
You're out of pitch.
What's your pitch, Pearlie? - Sir Alfred.

News and current affairs

Citizens should be able more easily to leak information, pitch stories, and send leads to mainstream investigative reporters.
In terms of football at least, the Hispanic community's influence has brought the United States closer to Europe (though not, of course, in its team's performance on the pitch).
Actor Toby Maguire portrays Fischer with remarkable authenticity - indeed, pitch-perfect for those of us who met Fischer in his prime.
There is only one way to divert attention from this humiliating predicament: propaganda about self-reliance and the imminent threat from US imperialists and their South Korean lackeys must be turned up to a hysterical pitch.
Hostility on the football pitch merely reflects the existing tense relations between the two countries, which carry the weight of a painful history.
The hump of Hitler's bunker curved softly under the earth a football pitch or so away.
They want to enjoy the game, rather than sit in the company of their male relatives, oblivious to what's happening on the pitch.
And the emerging-market countries should pitch in too, once some safeguards for their money are in place.
One thing is certain: Of my three encounters with Hillary Clinton, this third was the one where I found her the strongest and most passionate, thoroughly imbued with the meaning and pitch of the great American pastoral.
Indeed, throughout the twentieth century, animosity between Poland and Russia remained at fever pitch, manifested not only in politics but also culturally. This, of course, continued an old pattern, too.
But sounding fetchingly unsure about what you are describing is not an effective way to pitch an idea to a potential investor, publisher, or constituent.
Indeed, throughout the twentieth century, animosity between Poland and Russia remained at fever pitch, manifested not only in politics but also culturally.

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