pitch
/pɪt͡ʃ/ verb B2- To produce a note of a given pitch.
- To fix or set the tone of.
He/she/it pitches · Past pitched · Past participle pitched · -ing form pitching
Verb forms
- Base form
- pitch
- He/she/it
- pitches
- Past
- pitched
- Past participle
- pitched
- -ing form
- pitching
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- pitch around To intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of ...
- pitch in To help out; lend assistance; contribute; to do one's par...
- pitch into To attack; to assault; to abuse.
- pitch on To throw (something) onto (something).
- pitch out To intentionally throw the ball outside to the catcher wh...
- pitch up To arrive; to turn up.
From the library
The place was pitch dark, but it was evident to me that it was an empty house.
All my instincts are one way, and all the facts are the other, and I much fear that British juries have not yet attained that pitch of intelligence when they will give the preference to my theories over Lestrade’s facts.”
He was at the gate when I came out, a-leanin’ up agin the railings, and a-singin’ at the pitch o’ his lungs about Columbine’s New-fangled Banner, or some such stuff.
Ten minutes after she pitched forward, then the other way, spun round and round, and then good-bye to the Pharaon.
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