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(Entry 1 of 2)
1
an act or instance of diving
- the daring pitch of the escaped prisoner into the swirling ocean waters at the base of the cliff
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2
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon
- the steep pitch of the roof makes it too dangerous to walk on
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pitch
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of pitch (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to fix in an upright position
- needed help pitching a tent
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3
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
- the ship pitched in the choppy sea
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4
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
- pitched the baseball almost 50 feet
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5
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- we decided to pitch that whole system and start over again
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- cashier,
- cast (off),
- chuck,
- deep-six,
- discard,
- ditch,
- dump,
- eighty-six
- (or 86),
- exorcise
- (also exorcize),
- fling (off or away),
- jettison,
- junk,
- lay by,
- lose,
- reject,
- scrap,
- shed,
- shuck (off),
- slough (off)
- also sluff (off),
- throw away,
- throw out,
- toss,
- unload
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6
to provide publicity for
- the cutting-edge ad agency was hired to pitch our products to a younger generation of consumers
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- advertise,
- bark,
- merchandise
- (also merchandize),
- sell
- endorse
- (also indorse),
- plump (for),
- plunk (for)
- or plonk (for)
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7
to set or cause to be at an angle
- the roof should be pitched steeply enough to prevent an excessive accumulation of snow
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The first known use of pitch was before the 12th century
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