2009년 11월 17일 화요일

Pitch

(transitive) To throw.
He pitched the horseshoe.

(baseball, transitive or intransitive) To throw (the ball) toward home plate.

(transitive) The hurler pitched a curveball.

(intransitive) He pitched high and inside.

(baseball, intransitive) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
Bob pitches today.

(transitive) To throw away; discard.
He pitched the candy wrapper.

(transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
He pitched the idea for months with no takers.


(transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
At which level should I pitch my presentation?

(transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent).
Pitch the tent over there.

(aviation or nautical, ambitransitive) To move so that the front of an aircraft or ship goes alternatively up and down.

(transitive) The typhoon pitched the deck of the ship.
(intransitive) The airplane pitched.

(golf, transitive) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
The only way to get on the green from here is to pitch the ball over the bunker.

(cricket, intransitive) To bounce on the playing surface.
The ball pitched well short of the batsman.

(Bristolian, of snow, intransitive) To settle and build up, without melting.

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