pitches

noun

Meaning

A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
Pitchstone.
To cover or smear with pitch.
To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
The act of pitching a baseball.
The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) Not used in America, where "field" is the preferred word.
An effort to sell or promote something.
The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
The angle at which an object sits.
To throw.
To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
To throw away; discard.
To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
To produce a note of a given pitch.
To fix or set the tone of.

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