Definition of pitch

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Pitch (n.) The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low..

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Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature..
Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway..
Standage :: Stand (v. i.) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch..
Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly, as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp..
Link :: Link (n.) A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates..
Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball..
Lean-to :: Lean-to (n.) A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall..
Box :: Box (n.) The square in which the pitcher stands.
Pitcher :: Pitcher (n.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.
Pitch-dark :: Pitch-dark (a.) Dark as a pitch; pitch-black.
Pitch :: Pitch (v. i.) To fix one's choise; -- with on or upon.
Chivy :: Chivy (v. t.) To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch..
Encampment :: Encampment (n.) The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest..
Low :: Low (superl.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note..
Music :: Music (n.) The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear..
Pitch :: Pitch (v. i.) To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
Pitchy :: Pitchy (a.) Black; pitch-dark; dismal.
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