pitched
/pɪt͡ʃt/
pitched is the simple past and past participle of pitch.
Adjective
pitched (comparative more pitched, superlative most pitched)
- Having a slope, whether shallow, steep, or intermediate.
- a pitched roof
- The roofs up there are pitched heavier because of the snowfalls.
- Having a specified tonal range.
- a high-pitched scream
- Carrados made his smiling admission and changed his position a fraction—possibly to catch her curiously pitched voice the better.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
- Fought at a particular place and time, at which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; (later especially) involving sustained, intense military (or by extension, political, legal etc.) fighting.
- a pitched battle
- nowhere was the battle more pitched than in Ocean City, where protestors maintained a constant picket around city hall
- Covered in pitch.
- He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.1823, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia
Meaning of pitch
Verb (1)
pitch (third-person singular simple present pitches, present participle pitching, simple past and past participle pitched)
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.”1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 6:14
- 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.
- 1704 (published), year written unknown, John Dryden, On the Death of Amyntas
Verb (2)
pitch (third-person singular simple present pitches, present participle pitching, simple past and past participle pitched or (obsolete) pight)
- To throw.
- He pitched the horseshoe.
- To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- The hurler pitched a curveball.
- To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- Bob pitches today.
- To throw away; discard.
- He pitched the candy wrapper.
- Synonyms:
- cast aside, throw away, junk, 86, bin, can, cast off, cast away, chuck, chuck away
Forms of pitched
| comparative | more pitched |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pitched |
Words formed from pitched
Phrases with pitched
- pitched in
- pitched on
- pitched up
- pitched out
- pitched woo
- pitched camp
- pitched into
- pitched upon
- pitched roofs
- pitched a tent
- pitched around
- pitched battles
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Words that rhyme with pitched
Questions about pitched
- What does pitched mean?
- Pitched means having a slope, whether shallow, steep, or intermediate.
- What is pitched the simple past and past participle of?
- Pitched is the simple past and past participle of pitch.
- What part of speech is pitched?
- Pitched is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce pitched?
- Pitched is pronounced /pɪt͡ʃt/.
Words near pitched in the dictionary
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