pitch
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ریشه
From the Middle English word 'piche', from the Old English word 'pic', meaning 'pitch, bitumen'.
مثال
- Her voice had a high pitch that could shatter glass.
- The pitch of the violin string can be adjusted.
- The pitch of the whistle determined the start of the race.
تعریف انگلیسی
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration “Attrubites: high, high-pitched, low, low-pitched”
- (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk) “he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors”
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane “the roof had a steep pitch”
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- a high approach shot in golf
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) “the pitching and tossing was quite exciting”
- the action or manner of throwing something “his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor”
- throw or toss with a light motion “flip me the beachball” “toss me newspaper” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s something PP” “The children pitch the ball”
- move abruptly “The ship suddenly lurched to the left” “Something ----s” “Somebody ----s”
- fall or plunge forward “She pitched over the railing of the balcony” “Something ----s” “Somebody ----s something” “The airplane is sure to pitch”
- set to a certain pitch “He pitched his voice very low” “Somebody ----s something”
- heel over “The tower is tilting” “The ceiling is slanting” “Something ----s” “Somebody ----s something”
- erect and fasten “pitch a tent” “Somebody ----s something”
- set the level or character of “She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience” “Somebody ----s something to somebody”
- sell or offer for sale from place to place “Somebody ----s something”
- be at an angle “The terrain sloped down” “Something ----s” “Something is ----ing PP”
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball “The pitcher delivered the ball” “Somebody ----s something”
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin “Somebody ----s something”
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit “Somebody ----s something”
مترادفها
I. noun
1. Degree of elevation.
2. Degree, measure, extent, range, rate.
3. Height, loftiness, highest rise.
4. Size, stature.
5. Declivity, descent, slope, inclination.
6. Degree of slope, degree of inclination.
7. Throw, toss, cast, jerk.
8. (Music) Relative height.
II. verb active
1. Throw, cast, fling, hurl, toss, launch, send, dart, lance, jaculate.
2. Set (as a tent), fix, plant, place, station, locate, settle, establish.
3. Set, fix (as price).
III. verb neuter
1. Fall, plunge, fall headlong.
2. Light, settle, rest.
3. Encamp.
4. (Nautical) Rise and fall.