Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked by pits.
- adjective Having the pit removed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In leather manufacturing, said of skins having little spots or holes in the grain which mark but do not pierce it. They are caused by decomposition or sometimes by the action of salt.
- Marked thickly with pits or small depressions: as, a face pitted by smallpox; specifically, in botany, having pits or punctations, as the walls of many cells; in zoology, having many punctations, as a surface; foveolate; areolate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Marked with little pits, as in smallpox. See
pit , v. t., 2. - adjective (Bot.) Having minute thin spots.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pit . - adjective Having a surface marked by
pits ;pockmarked oralveolate - adjective of fruit Having had the pits removed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)
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Examples
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But he was not "cast in nature's finest mould," like Washington, being long favored, with a nose to match; his whole face pitted from the effects of small pox while in the army.
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On bears vs tigers ... in pitted fights of big cats vs bears, the bears always come off best, even so when the bear is one of the smaller species (e.g. Asiatic black bear).
When eagles go bad, one more time... part II Darren Naish 2006
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But he was not "cast in nature's finest mould," like Washington, being long favored, with a nose to match; his whole face pitted from the effects of small pox while in the army.
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Sumter, although somewhat pitted, is as strong as ever.
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It will be his word pitted against the other journalist with the defense praying like hell that the word of Woodward will prevail oaver these lesser peons.
Think Progress » Woodward Reveals Important Clues About White House Smear Campaign 2005
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And, considering the path to their titles pitted them against highly ranked wrestlers from various classifications, that's no pedestrian achievement.
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories Jeff Caspersen Staff Report Glenwood Springs, CO C 2009
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Thus, a recent article in the daily Javan entitled "Post-Zionism and the Identity Crisis in Israel" pitted "extremist Jews," i.e., nationalists and settlers, against "religious Jews," i.e., ultra-Orthodox non-nationalists.
Eradicating the 'Little Satan' Ze'ev Maghen 2009
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We say "pitted" loosely here, because the LLWS is a collegial affair, and each contest must be concluded by dusty handshakes.
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The term "pitted" refers to the numerous kettle ponds dotting the landscape.
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Massachusetts 2007
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Consider the idea that these Russian dogs are being tested and not "pitted" for its own sake.
Prolagus commented on the word pitted
If rinded means "having a rind", and cored means "having a core" (and so on), why in the world do you let this word mean "having the pit removed"?!
(Rhetorical)
March 25, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word pitted
I have always wondered that. I have to look twice at my olive jars, and think really hard about it: "Now, does 'pitted' mean it still has the pits in it...?"
Then I have to find someone with more malleable digits, not to say an opposable thumb, to open them for me.
March 25, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word pitted
It only makes sense in "half-pitted" :)
March 25, 2009
bilby commented on the word pitted
rinded - what?
cored - past tense of core, verb, to remove the core of something.
March 25, 2009
sionnach commented on the word pitted
Witchbe:
Thrice the rinded cat hath mewed!
Thrice, and once the hedge-pig whined!
From high aloft his ivy-tuft.
Chained Bear cries, Tis time! Tis Time!
Ear of Bilby, marsupial frisky
Add unto a noggin o' whiskey
Tappen of the northern bear
Tail of fox - you wouldn't dare
Now to make our potion grow
Hand gestures by a Brooklyn pro.
Hubble, bubble etc....
March 25, 2009
sionnach commented on the word pitted
Random wordie user: "Witchbe, you may find it more useful to place that bilby ear directly on the cauldron page, and not on the list".
Witchbe: Eh? What's that. Sorry, I'm new here. I was just doing the obvious thing, you know, following the site design's default.
Chorus of wordie users: Sigh
March 25, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word pitted
*snort*
March 25, 2009
sionnach commented on the word pitted
pitted could also apply to this image:
or to the face of Edward James Olmos:
March 26, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word pitted
I think of that moon whenever I hear music from "Moulin Rouge." *grins*
And I simply try not to think of Edward James Olmos...
March 26, 2009
reesetee commented on the word pitted
I think of that moon whenever my right eye hurts.
March 26, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word pitted
I think of that moon whenever I take the train.
March 26, 2009
sionnach commented on the word pitted
Let's not forget the utility of this word in its verb form, e.g.
The smackdown pitted Connecticut Contessa Martha "the Shiv" Stewart against plummy-vowelled Julia "the Lush" Child in a sudden-death soufflé bakeoff. Commentators cried foul when Julia's impromptu drunken yodelling at a key moment when Martha opened the oven door to check on progress was deemed to have constituted "improper interference".
Video of the event has been one of You-Tube's alltime top favorites, according to site statistics.
March 27, 2009
myth commented on the word pitted
I fear the world has another contronym.
March 27, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word pitted
More on shelled.
December 9, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word pitted
"In leather manufacturing, said of skins having little spots or holes in the grain which mark but do not pierce it. They are caused by decomposition or sometimes by the action of salt." --CD&C
May 12, 2012