pitchpitch1 /pɪtʃ/ ●●○ verb 
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BASEBALL [intransitive, transitive] to aim and throw the ball to the batter in baseball: 
Who’s pitching for the Red Sox today? He pitched three innings in Monday night’s game.THESAURUSthrow, toss, chuck, hurl, fling, pass, lob► see thesaurus at throw12THROW [transitive] to throw something, especially with a lot of force: Carl tore up Amy’s letter and pitched it into the fire.3FALL [intransitive, transitive] to fall suddenly and heavily in a particular direction, or to make someone or something fall in this way: A sudden stop pitched her into the windshield. Daley pitched forward and fell from the stage.4VOICE/MUSIC [transitive] to make a sound be produced at a particular level: The song is pitched too high for me.5pitch a tent to set up a tent6SELL/PERSUADE [intransitive, transitive] informal to try to persuade someone to buy or do something: The meeting is your chance to pitch your ideas to the boss.7SAY/WRITE [transitive] to aim a product, film, etc. at a particular group of people, or to describe something in a particular way in order to sell it: a TV show pitched at children8SHIP/PLANE [intransitive] if a ship or an airplane pitches, it moves up and down in an uncontrolled way with the movement of the water or airpitch in phrasal verb informal to join others and help with an activity: If we all pitch in, it won’t take very long to finish.
1BASEBALL [intransitive, transitive] to aim and throw the ball to the batter in baseball: Who’s pitching for the Red Sox today? He pitched three innings in Monday night’s game.THESAURUSthrow, toss, chuck, hurl, fling, pass, lob► see thesaurus at throw12THROW [transitive] to throw something, especially with a lot of force: Carl tore up Amy’s letter and pitched it into the fire.3FALL [intransitive, transitive] to fall suddenly and heavily in a particular direction, or to make someone or something fall in this way: A sudden stop pitched her into the windshield. Daley pitched forward and fell from the stage.4VOICE/MUSIC [transitive] to make a sound be produced at a particular level: The song is pitched too high for me.5pitch a tent to set up a tent6SELL/PERSUADE [intransitive, transitive] informal to try to persuade someone to buy or do something: The meeting is your chance to pitch your ideas to the boss.7SAY/WRITE [transitive] to aim a product, film, etc. at a particular group of people, or to describe something in a particular way in order to sell it: a TV show pitched at children8SHIP/PLANE [intransitive] if a ship or an airplane pitches, it moves up and down in an uncontrolled way with the movement of the water or airpitch in phrasal verb informal to join others and help with an activity: If we all pitch in, it won’t take very long to finish.
