pitch
/pɪt͡ʃ/ verb C2- To cover or smear with pitch.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure. · 1704 (published), year written unknown, John Dryden, On the Death of Amyntas Soon he found / The welkin pitch'd with sullen clouds.
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.
Holmes shot the slide across the front of his lantern and left us in pitch darkness—such an absolute darkness as I have never before experienced.
Other matches
- pitch A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees B2
- pitch To produce a note of a given pitch. B2
- pitch To throw. C2
- pitch Very dark black C2
- pitch The perceived frequency of a sound, note or ele... C2
- pitch A throw C2
- pitch around To intentionally throw pitches which are slight...
- pitch in To help out
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