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downpitch

downpitch verb: to lower a sound in pitch.

Verb

downpitch (third-person singular simple present downpitches, present participle downpitching, simple past and past participle downpitched)

  1. To lower a sound in pitch.
    • "I didn't mean you enny harm," said Lund slowly, addressing Peggy. "Why, I wouldn't harm you, gal. You're my woman. You come to me. I was jest—jest sorter swept off my bearin's. Why," he turned to Rainey, his voice down-pitching to a growl of angry contempt, "you pen-shovin' whippersnapper, I c'ud...1920, J. Allan Dunn, A Man To His Mate

Forms of downpitch

third-person singular presentdownpitches
present participledownpitching
past participledownpitched
pastdownpitched

Origin of downpitch

From down- + pitch.

Questions about downpitch

What does downpitch mean?
Downpitch means to lower a sound in pitch.
What part of speech is downpitch?
Downpitch is a verb.
What is the past tense of downpitch?
The past tense of downpitch is downpitched.

Words near downpitch in the dictionary

  1. downpicked
  2. downpicking
  3. downpicks
  4. downpipe
  5. downpipes
  6. downpitch
  7. downpitched
  8. downpitches
  9. downpitching
  10. downplay
  11. downplayed

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