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Meaning of pitch

noun

A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap. Example: It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.
A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar. Example: It was pitch black because there was no moon.
Pitchstone.

verb

To cover or smear with pitch.
To darken; to blacken; to obscure.

noun

A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand. Example: a good pitch in quoits
The act of pitching a baseball. Example: The pitch was low and inside.
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. Example: The teams met on the pitch.
An effort to sell or promote something. Example: He gave me a sales pitch.
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. Example: A helical scan with a pitch of zero is equivalent to constant z-axis scanning.

verb

To throw. Example: He pitched the horseshoe.
To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
To play baseball in the position of pitcher. Example: Bob pitches today.
To throw away; discard. Example: He pitched the candy wrapper.
To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell. Example: He pitched the idea for months with no takers.

noun

The perceived frequency of a sound or note. Example: The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians.
In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by. Example: Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start.

verb

To produce a note of a given pitch.
To fix or set the tone of.

Source: Free Dictionary API.

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