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- English Word Pit Definition Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.
- English Word Pit Definition A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.
- English Word Pit Definition A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body
- English Word Pit Definition The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit.
- English Word Pit Definition See Pit of the stomach (below).
- English Word Pit Definition The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
- English Word Pit Definition Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater.
- English Word Pit Definition An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
- English Word Pit Definition The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.
- English Word Pit Definition A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.
- English Word Pit Definition To place or put into a pit or hole.
- English Word Pit Definition To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.
- English Word Pit Definition To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
- English Word Pit-hole Definition A pit; a pockmark.
- English Word Pita Definition A fiber obtained from the Agave Americana and other related species, -- used for making cordage and paper. Called also pita fiber, and pita thread.
- English Word Pita Definition The plant which yields the fiber.
- English Word Pitahaya Definition A cactaceous shrub (Cereus Pitajaya) of tropical America, which yields a delicious fruit.
- English Word Pitapat Definition In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats.
- English Word Pitapat Definition A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain.
- English Word Pitch Definition A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them.
- English Word Pitch Definition See Pitchstone.
- English Word Pitch Definition To cover over or smear with pitch.
- English Word Pitch Definition Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- English Word Pitch Definition To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball.
- English Word Pitch Definition To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly, as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp.
- English Word Pitch Definition To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway.
- English Word Pitch Definition To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune.
- English Word Pitch Definition To set or fix, as a price or value.
- English Word Pitch Definition To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- English Word Pitch Definition To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight.