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(noun) the action or manner of throwing something; "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor" |
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Related Words: throw |
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(noun) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter |
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Synonyms: delivery |
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Related Words: balk, ball, beanball, beaner, bender, breaking ball, bullet, change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, curve, curve ball, duster, fastball, heater, hummer, knuckleball, knuckler, off-speed pitch, screwball, sinker, smoke, strike, submarine ball, submarine pitch, throw, wild pitch |
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(verb) cause to be at a particular level; "She pitched her aspirations too high" |
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Related Words: set |
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(verb) set to a certain pitch, as of an instrument or one's voice; "He pitched his voice very low" |
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Related Words: set |
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(noun) an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump |
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Synonyms: auction pitch |
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Related Words: all fours, high-low-jack |
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(noun) a high approach shot in golf |
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Synonyms: pitch shot |
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Related Words: approach, approach shot |
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(verb) erect and fix firmly in place; "They pitched the roof at a steep slant" |
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Related Words: lay, place, pose, position, put, set |
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(verb) erect and fasten; "pitch a tent" |
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Synonyms: set up |
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Related Words: erect, rear |
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(verb) fall forwards |
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Related Words: come down, descend, fall, go down |
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(noun) the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration |
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Related Words: concert pitch, high frequency, high pitch, international pitch, key, low frequency, low pitch, philharmonic pitch, sound property, tone |
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(noun) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane: "the roof had a steep pitch" |
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Synonyms: rake, slant |
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Related Words: gradient, slope |
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(noun) (British) 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" |
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Related Words: place, position |
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(noun) any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue |
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Synonyms: tar |
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Related Words: bitumen, coal tar |
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(verb) set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience" |
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Synonyms: gear |
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Related Words: accommodate, adapt |
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(noun) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" |
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Synonyms: lurch, pitching |
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Related Words: careen, motion, move, movement, rock, sway, tilt |
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(verb) move abruptly |
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Synonyms: lurch, shift |
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Related Words: move |
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(verb) be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down" |
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Synonyms: incline, slope |
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Related Words: angle, climb, dip, fall, lean, slant, tilt, tip |
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(noun) promotion by means of an argument and demonstration |
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Synonyms: sales pitch, sales talk |
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Related Words: promotion, promotional material, publicity |
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(verb) throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" |
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Synonyms: flip, sky, toss |
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Related Words: fling, throw back, toss back |
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(verb) heel over |
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Synonyms: cant, cant over, slant, tilt |
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Related Words: cock, move |
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(verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place |
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Synonyms: hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, vend |
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Related Words: deal, sell, trade |
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