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pitch

pitch · pitches

смола, дьоготь, гудрон

смола, шаг, бросок, пек

Pech, Harz, Grad, Abstand

A sticky, gummy substance secreted by treesA sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; tree sap.

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/pɪt͡ʃ/

» It's pitch black outside.

На улице тьма кромешная.

Снаружи не видно ни зги.

На вулиці темно як у льоху.

Meaning

34 senses

(countable, uncountable)A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; tree sap.
It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.
Harz, Pech
смола́smolá
A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; tree sap.
(countable, uncountable)Anything similar to or derived from tree sap: resin; rosin.
(countable, uncountable)A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
Near-synonyms: tar, coal tar, asphalt, bitumen
They put pitch on the mast to protect it.
Pech
дёготьdjógotʹ, пекpek
(countable, uncountable)Pitchstone.
(countable, uncountable)A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
a good pitch in quoits
бросо́кbrosók
(countable, uncountable)The act of pitching a baseball.
The pitch was low and inside.
Wurf
пода́чаpodáča
(Australia, New Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable)The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
The teams met on the pitch.
Sportplatz
(countable, uncountable)A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
a high approach shot in golf
(countable, rare, uncountable)The field of battle.
(countable, uncountable)An effort to sell or promote something.
He gave me a sales pitch.
Verkaufsgespräch
(countable, uncountable)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.
The pitch of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch.
The pitch of this saw is perfect for that type of wood.
Teilung, Abstand
шагšag, интерва́лintervál
(countable, uncountable)The angle at which an object sits.
the pitch of the roof or haystack
Neigung, Steigung
ска́тskát

Examples

335 sentences

It's pitch black outside.
На вулиці темно як у льоху.
ruНа улице тьма кромешная.
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I have perfect pitch.
У мене абсолютний слух.
ruУ меня абсолютный слух.
deIch habe das absolute Gehör.
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Tom has a low-pitched voice.
У Тома низький голос.
ruУ Тома низкий голос.
deTom hat eine tiefe Stimme.
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We pitched our tents before it got dark.
Ми поставили намети до того, як стемніло.
ruМы разбили палатки, до того как стемнело.
deWir bauten unsere Zelte auf bevor es dunkel wurde.
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It's pitch black.
Темно, хоч око виколи.
deEs ist zappenduster.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 10

nautical: measure of extent to which a vessel's bow and stern go up and down:

sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees:

dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar:

throw, toss or cast from the hand:

act of pitching a baseball:

distance between evenly spaced objects:

angle at which an object sits:

aviation: measure of the degree to which an aircraft's nose tilts up or down:

rotation angle about the transverse axis:

perceived frequency of a sound or note:

Deutsch

By meaning 8

sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees:

act of pitching a baseball:

field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played:

effort to sell or promote something:

distance between evenly spaced objects:

angle at which an object sits:

level or degree:

perceived frequency of a sound or note:

Origin

From Middle English picche, piche, pich, from Old English piċ, from Proto-West Germanic *p

From Middle English picche, piche, pich, from Old English piċ, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix. Cognate with Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa, “pitch, tar”), Latin pīnus (“pine”). More at pine. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pik (“pitch, tar”), Dutch pek (“pitch, tar”), German Low German Pick (“pitch, tar”), German Pech (“pitch, tar”), Catalan pega (“pitch”), Spanish pegar (“to stick, glue”), Franco-Provençal pouatche (“sap from a pine”) and French poix (“sap”). The adjective is probably back-formed from pitch-black, reinterpreting "pitch" as meaning "intense(ly)".

From Middle English picchen, pycchen (“to thrust in, fasten, settle”), from Old English *piċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *pikkijan, a variant of Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn (“to pick, peck”), whence Middle English pikken, picken (“to pick, pierce”), modern English pick.

Unknown. Perhaps from the above sense of "inclination", "level", or "degree", or influenced by it.

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Forms

plural: pitches

Singular	pitch
Plural	pitches

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms

tar coal tar asphalt bitumen high low jack

Close in meaning

the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it:delivery
an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump:auction pitch
a high approach shot in golf:pitch shot
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane:rake slant
a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer:soccer field
any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue:tar

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

B2Intonation — Because the lesson uses it
A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable

Collocations

12 patterns

pitch the tent
pitch our tent
place to pitch
pitch my tent
pitch your tent
to pitch our
pitch black
to pitch the
want to pitch
pitch his tent
was pitch black
perfect pitch