Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colonial form of
pituri . - Fully prepared for beforehand, and deliberately entered upon by both sides with formal array: used specifically of a battle.
- Sloped; sloping: as, a high-pitched roof.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pitch . - adjective Having a
slope . - adjective not comparable Having a specified
tonal range . - adjective not comparable
Fought frompredetermined positions at aspecified time and place.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form
- adjective set at a slant
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Examples
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Her new album, Lifted Off the Ground, is coming out on Vanguard, a label pitched more toward singer/songwriters, and certainly without a country radio promo squad.
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Lifted Up Off the Ground, is coming out on Vanguard, a label pitched more toward singer/songwriters, and certainly without a country radio promo squad.
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Hippolyta leads the Amazons in pitched battle against giant sea beasts of the past raised by Euphemis while Diana recuperates, only to watch in horror as WW returns to do the unthinkable — TWICE!
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Cain pitched out of trouble a few times against Texas, which went 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position.
World Series Game 2: Giants Bats Explode Again, 9-0 Over Rangers AP 2010
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Hippolyta leads the Amazons in pitched battle against giant sea beasts of the past raised by Euphemis while Diana recuperates, only to watch in horror as WW returns to do the unthinkable — TWICE!
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Hippolyta leads the Amazons in pitched battle against giant sea beasts of the past raised by Euphemis while Diana recuperates, only to watch in horror as WW returns to do the unthinkable — TWICE!
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San Francisco's Matt Cain pitched a gem, tossing 7 2/3 shutout innings.
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Cain pitched out of trouble a few times against Texas, which went 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position.
World Series Game 2: Giants Bats Explode Again, 9-0 Over Rangers AP 2010
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But Todd's explanation seemed shaky when Ridsdale again pitched up in the directors 'box when Plymouth went to Oldham on Saturday.
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Though relations between his camp and that of his brother, David, in pitched battle with each other, had become increasingly tense, the younger Miliband rang the former work and pensions secretary James Purnell – a friend, yes, but much closer to David than to him – to ask him for advice.
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