Pronunciation IPA: /pɪːʧ/ Transitive verb to throw (baseball) to throw (the ball) toward the batter to throw away; discard to promote, advertise, or attempt to sell They have been pitching the idea for months with no takers. to assemble or erect (a tent) Translations French: lancer (1, 2), jeter (3), promouvoir (4), monter (5) German: werfen (1, 2), wegwerfen (3), aufschlagen (5) Intransitive verb (baseball) to throw the ball toward the batter (of ships and aircraft) to move so that the front of the craft goes alternatively up and down Translations French: lancer (1) German: werfen (1), stampfen (2) (of ships), neigen (2) (of aircraft) Noun a sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap a dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar. the act of pitching a baseball the field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played an effort to sell or promote something a sales pitch the distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or letters in a monospace font the angle at which an object sits the pitch of the roof, the propellor blades' pitch the perceived frequency of a sound or note Translations German: Pech n (2), Wurf m (3), Verkaufsgespräch m (5), Teilung f (6), Neigung f (7), Steigung f (7), Tonhöhe f (8), Tonelage f (8) Adjective completely dark or black pitch dark Translations German: pechschwarz, stockdunkel Related terms pitchfork pitch in pitch a fit absolute pitch relative pitch pitch class
