pitches in English

noun

1

the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.

a car engine seems to change pitch downward as the vehicle passes you

synonyms: tone, timbre, key, modulation, frequency

2

the steepness of a slope, especially of a roof.

Keeping a steep roof pitch and adding dormers to the new second story are good options.

synonyms: gradient, slope, slant, angle, steepness, tilt, incline, inclination

3

the level of intensity of something.

he brought the machine to a high pitch of development

synonyms: level, intensity, point, degree, height, extent

4

a legal delivery of the ball by the pitcher.

Sometimes five wild pitches in one inning aren't enough to keep a team from a win.

synonyms: throw, fling, hurl, toss, lob, delivery, heave

5

a playing field.

Having two teams play home games on the same pitch over an English winter would have done more damage to the surface than would a farmer with a plough.

6

a form of words used when trying to persuade someone to buy or accept something.

a good sales pitch

synonyms: patter, talk, spiel, line, elevator pitch

7

a swaying or oscillation of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle around a horizontal axis perpendicular to the direction of motion.

They have long been known for their function as flight stabilizers, like gyroscopes on airplanes that prevent excessive roll, pitch or yaw.

8

the distance between successive corresponding points or lines, e.g., between the teeth of a cogwheel.

One of the belt's major design improvements is the pitch , or the distance between belt teeth.

9

a sticky resinous black or dark brown substance that is semiliquid when hot, hard when cold. It is obtained by distilling tar or petroleum and is used for waterproofing.

There was a small boat, an improvised currach-type constructed from hessian stretched over a wooden frame and doused with pitch to make it waterproof.

synonyms: bitumen, asphalt, tar

verb

1

throw (the ball) for the batter to try to hit.

He threw the ball back to her and she gave the batter a whole two seconds before pitching the same ball.

2

throw or fling roughly or casually.

he crumpled the page up and pitched it into the fireplace

synonyms: throw, toss, fling, hurl, cast, lob, flip, propel, bowl, chuck, sling, heave, peg

3

set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch.

you've pitched the melody very high

4

make a bid to obtain a contract or other business.

they were pitching for an account

5

set up and fix in a definite position.

we pitched camp for the night

synonyms: put up, set up, erect, raise

6

(of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) rock or oscillate around a lateral axis, so that the front and back move up and down.

the little steamer pressed on, pitching gently

synonyms: lurch, toss (about), plunge, roll, reel, sway, rock, keel, list, wallow, labor

7

cause (a roof) to slope downward from the ridge.

the roof was pitched at an angle of 75 degrees

8

cover, coat, or smear with pitch.

He would pitch the seams so that they wouldn't leak.

noun

tone, timbre, key, modulation, frequency
gradient, slope, slant, angle, steepness, tilt, incline, inclination
level, intensity, point, degree, height, extent
throw, fling, hurl, toss, lob, delivery, heave
patter, talk, spiel, line, elevator pitch
bitumen, asphalt, tar
pitching, lurch
tar
delivery
rake, slant
sales talk, sales pitch

verb

throw, fall, put up, lurch, peddle, gear, set up, shift, tilt, sky, slope, deliver
throw, toss, fling, hurl, cast, lob, flip, propel, bowl, chuck, sling, heave, peg
fall, tumble, topple, plunge, plummet
put up, set up, erect, raise
lurch, toss (about), plunge, roll, reel, sway, rock, keel, list, wallow, labor
peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend
gear
set up
shift, lurch
tilt, cant over, cant, slant
sky, flip, toss
slope, incline
deliver

Use "pitches" in a sentence

1. Autocamper area 251-268 (blue/ yellow/orange area) Autocamper pitches are over 100m2 big and all pitches

2. In softball, pitches are tossed underhand.

3. Att c70 at Bught Park Pitches, Inverness

4. Riddle pitches Wyatt Bronouns for the Firefly Funhouse

5. Even in refraining, the ground beneath us pitches.

6. And all the hard pitches are actually below him.

7. There was a swimming-pool, cricket pitches, playing fields.

8. 22 Noise cancelling headphones usually do away with low pitches.

9. And the pitches, the notes, as you know, are just vibrations.

10. American Airlines already scheduled a bunch of pitches for this week.

11. And the how was harmony, stacking up the pitches to form chords.

12. Alphorns can also have other pitches, including E, F and F-sharp

13. Beautiful.ai helps you create meaningful pitches without putting other work on hold

14. One of the most popular old sales pitches was the Assumptive pitch

15. (At least two bikes for every 50 pitches and/or rental accommodation units).

16. The Buttles Caravan Park accommodates only 36 pitches so we’re small and friendly

17. (At least three bikes for every 50 pitches and/or rental accommodation units.)

18. The Alphorns can also have other pitches, including E, F, and F sharp

19. In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches (tones, notes), or chords.

20. The Alphorns have different pitches as the length of the tube dictates the pitch

21. There are many types of steel pans, each with its own set of pitches.

22. They're actually singing these densities to you with higher pitches mapped to higher densities.

23. In fact, as Guidry puts it , " everybody gets involved in the infield when he pitches. "

24. Doe Bluh can be said in various tones and pitches, to change the emotion you

25. Its easy-adjust mechanisms accommodate different blade widths (1⁄2” – 21⁄8”) and different tooth pitches (0 – 11⁄8”).

26. 8) CONSTRUCTION PUTTY – development and production of construction putty based on butyl rubber, acrylates and pitches.

27. The pair are travelling in their caravan when a sinister family pitches up out of the blue.

28. Another important element of Medieval music theory was the system by which pitches were arranged and understood.

29. While Kohli has in the past chosen not to criticise arguably sub-par overseas pitches, some were quick to point out that to suggest India “haven’t Cribbed about any of the pitches we have played on” isn’t strictly true.

30. You can take them on an emotional -- all pitches, all sales presentations, are emotional at some level.

31. At the start of the 2007 season, Beckett adjusted to throwing more breaking pitches and fewer fastballs.

32. It was a big house with iron sheeting for a roof with all kinds of angles and pitches.

33. A Binnacle holds a ship's compass and keeps it safe and stable while the ship pitches and rolls

34. Doe Bluh can be said in various tones and pitches, to change the emotion you wish to convey

35. (Kudos for practicing what you preach?) Unfortunately, the narrative pitches she offers as examples (“Brag bites”) are cringe-inducing

36. Vertical pitches descend 250 feet to an immense cavern, second in dimensions only to the chamber in Gaping Gill.

37. The Audiogram is a graph that shows the softest sounds a person can listen to different pitches or frequencies

38. Beyond this is the ring road, parking lots, training pitches and the rest of the Zayed Sports City facilities.

39. 2 Or that wicked sidearm delivery that turned right-handed hitters who liked to dive into pitches into paratroopers.

40. The purist will feel the greatest disappointment though in the abandonment of any notion that pitches should be uncovered.

41. Basslines are successions of notes (of the same or different pitches) that anchor the lower registers of your track

42. In Prerow, for example, nudists created one of the GDR's first nudist campsites, where demand for pitches was massive.

43. 14 The new pitches at Judges Road have been meticulously prepared over the summer for this weekend's opening match.

44. Wanda Marie Thibodeaux Date: February 17, 2021 A Coloratura soprano sings pitches at the top of the human vocal range.

45. The WSPU launched a major advertising campaign, including a bus touring London, and established permanent sales pitches in central London.

46. What does Catcher mean? One that catches, especially the baseball player positioned behind home plate who signals for and receives pitches

47. Flowing English speech should stand on awareness and building of coordinated legato enveloping stress timed rhythm and step down of pitches.

48. Autotune is an audio signal processor tool originally used to correct off-key pitches in vocal performances (or any other instrument)

49. These essential tasks performed while the ship pitches and rolls will add to the already high accelerations experienced by the lower back.

50. Bent slots (32) in the plug tip (16) allow for a good adaptation to screws having different diameters and different thread pitches.