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Definisjon av Pitch

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Noun
pitch - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
delivery
throw the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base"
baseball game, baseball a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
balk an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
ball a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him"
beanball, beaner a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head
change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, off-speed pitch a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball
breaking ball, curve ball, bender, curve a tool for bending; "he used pliers as a bender"
duster a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter
fastball, heater, hummer, bullet, smoke (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"
knuckleball, knuckler a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin
overhand pitch a baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder
passed ball a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base
screwball a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
sinker a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate
spitball, spitter an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
strike (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls"
submarine ball, submarine pitch a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead
pitch - the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
sound property an attribute of sound
concert pitch, international pitch philharmonic pitch
high pitch, high frequency a pitch that is perceived as above other pitches
treble, soprano the pitch range of the highest female voice
tenor the pitch range of the highest male voice
key metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
low pitch, low frequency a pitch that is perceived as below other pitches
alto the pitch range of the lowest female voice
alto the pitch range of the lowest female voice
bass nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
tone (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
pitch - degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"
rake, slant
gradient, slope the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"
pitch - any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
tar
bitumen any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons
pitch - 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"
place, position an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"
britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
pitch - the action or manner of throwing something; "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor"
throw the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base"
pitch - an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
auction pitch
all fours, high-low-jack card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game
pitch - a high approach shot in golf
pitch shot
approach shot, approach the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
Pitch - abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
lurch, pitch, pitching
motility, move, motion, movement ability to move spontaneously and independently
ship a vessel that carries passengers or freight
Pitch - promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
sales talk, sales pitch, pitch
promotional material, publicity, packaging, promotion the quality of being open to public view; "the publicity of the court room"

Verb
pitch - lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"
card game, cards a game played with playing cards
pitch - set to a certain pitch; "He pitched his voice very low"
set set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments"
pitch - hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
pitch - erect and fasten; "pitch a tent"
set up
erect, rear stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror"
camp down, camp give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
pitch - fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"
descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
Pitch - sell or offer for sale from place to place
peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
trade, sell, deal exchange or give (something) in exchange for
Pitch - be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
slope, incline, pitch
slant, tilt, angle, lean, tip present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
ascend travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
stoop carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane"
fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
climb improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
dip stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
Pitch - throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
flip, toss, sky, pitch
fling throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee"
submarine attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies"
lag cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"
throw back, toss back throw back with a quick, light motion; "She tossed back her head"
Pitch - heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
cock set the trigger of a firearm back for firing
Pitch - move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
lurch, pitch, shift
move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
Pitch - throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball"
deliver, pitch
throw throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six"
Pitch - set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
gear, pitch
adapt, accommodate make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
popularise, popularize make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"
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Substantiv
Pitch - A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
Pitch - A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
Pitch - A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
Pitch - The act of pitching a baseball.
Pitch - The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played.
Pitch - An effort to sell or promote something.
Pitch - The distance between evenly spaced objects, e. g. the teeth of a saw, the turns of a screw thread, or letters in a monospace font.
Pitch - The angle at which an object sits.
Pitch - More specifically, the rotation angle about the transverse axis.
Pitch - A level or degree.
Pitch - A measure of the degree to which an aircraft's nose tilts up or down.
Pitch - A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
Pitch - The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel rotates on its athwartships axis, causing its bow and stern to go up and down. Compare with roll, yaw and heave.
Pitch - The place where a busker performs.
Pitch - An area in a market or similar allocated to a particular trader.
Pitch - A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound.
Pitch - A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
Pitch - A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
Pitch - A person or animal's height.
Pitch - That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
Pitch - A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
Pitch - The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
Pitch - The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
Pitch - The distance from centre to centre of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; called also circular pitch.
Pitch - The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller.
Pitch - The distance between the centres of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates.
Pitch - The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
Pitch - In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.

Verb
Pitch - To throw.
Pitch - To throw the ball toward home plate.
Pitch - To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
Pitch - To throw away; discard.
Pitch - To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
Pitch - To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
Pitch - To assemble or erect a tent.
Pitch - To move so that the front of an aircraft or ship goes alternatively up and down.
Pitch - To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
Pitch - To bounce on the playing surface.
Pitch - To settle and build up, without melting.
Pitch - To produce a note of a given pitch.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • Pitch
    The perceived fundamental frequency of a musical note or sound.
  • Pitch
    To be at an angle; to move downwards.
  • Pitch
    An angle indicating the amount of rotation of an object around its longitudinal axis. For an airplane, it indicates whether its nose points up or down.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) pitch
  • Presens: pitch / pitches
  • Preteritum: pitched
  • Perfektum: (have) pitched

Substantiv

  • Entall: pitch
  • Flertall: pitches

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