A roof’s vertical rise in inches, divided by itshorizontal span in feet.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
pitch (noun)1.
a black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of organic materials and especially tars
2.
any of various bituminous substances
3.
resin obtained from various conifers and often used medicinally
4.
any of various artificial mixtures resembling resinous or bituminous - pitches
transitive verb
to cover, smear, or treat with or as if with pitch
transitive verb
1.
to erect and fix firmly in place - pitch a tent
2.
to throw usually with a particular objective or toward a particular point as - pitch hay onto a wagon
a) to throw (a baseball) to a batter
b) to toss (as coins) so as to fall at or near a mark - pitch pennies
c) to put aside or discard by or as if by throwing - pitched the trash into the bin
3.
a) to present or advertise especially in a high-pressure way - plug promote
b) to attempt to persuade especially with a sales pitch
c) to present (a movie or program idea) for consideration (as by a TV producer)
4.
a) (1) to cause to be at a particular level or of a particular quality - a test pitched at a 5th-grade reading level
(2) to set in a particular musical key
b) to cause to be set at a particular angle - slope
5.
to utter glibly and insincerely
6.
a) to use as a starting - pitcher
b) to play as pitcher
7.
to hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with backspin so that it rolls very little after striking the green
8.
intransitive verb
- throw pitch a fit
1.
a) to fall precipitately or headlong
b) (1) of a ship to have the bow alternately plunge precipitately and rise abruptly
(2) of an aircraft, missile, or spacecraft to turn about a lateral axis so that the forward end rises or falls in relation to the after end
c) - buck
2.
- encamp
3.
to hit upon or happen upon something - pitch upon the perfect gift
4.
to incline downward - slope
5.
a) to throw a ball to a batter
b) to play ball as a pitcher
c) to pitch a golf ball
6.
to make a sales pitch throw
1.
a) - slope , also degree of slope - rake
b) the distance between any of various things as
(1) distance between one point on a gear tooth and the corresponding point on the next tooth
(2) distance from any point on the thread of a screw to the corresponding point on an adjacent thread measured parallel to the axis
c) the theoretical distance a propeller would advance longitudinally in one revolution
d) the number of teeth or of threads per inch
e) a unit of width of type based on the number of times a letter can be set in a linear inch
2.
the action or a manner of - pitching , especially an up-and-down movement - compare yaw
3.
archaic - top zenith
4.
a) the relative level, intensity, or extent of some quality or state - tensions rose to a feverish pitch
b) (1) the property of a sound and especially a musical tone that is determined by the frequency of the waves producing it highness or lowness of sound
(2) a standard frequency for tuning instruments
c) (1) the difference in the relative vibration frequency of the human voice that contributes to the total meaning of speech
(2) a definite relative pitch that is a significant phenomenon in speech
5.
a) a steep place - declivity
b) the portion of a route (as in mountain climbing or caving) between belay points
6.
chiefly British
a) an outdoor site (as for camping or doing business)
b) - playing field
7.
an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
8.
a) an often high-pressure sales presentation
b) - advertisement
c) - recommendation plug made a pitch for tax cuts
9.
a) the delivery of a baseball by a to a batter - pitcher
b) a baseball so thrown
c) - pitchout
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
pitch (noun)1.
an act or instance of diving
SYNONYMS:
pitch, plungeRELATED WORDS:
dip, immersion, submersion; fall, plump, slip, spill, stumble, tumble; descent, drop; belly flop, header, jackknife, swan diveNEAR ANTONYMS:
jump, leap2.
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon
SYNONYMS:
cant, diagonal, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, pitch, rake, slope, tilt, upgradeRELATED WORDS:
ascent, bank, climb, riseNEAR ANTONYMS:
declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, dip, downgrade, fall, hang, hanging, receding1.
to fix in an upright position
SYNONYMS:
pitch, put up, raise, rear, set up, upend, upraiseRELATED WORDS:
brace, buttress, prop (up), shore (up), support; boost, crane, elevate, heave, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, jack (up), lift, perk (up), pick up, up, uphold, upliftNEAR ANTONYMS:
demolish, flatten, knock down, level, raze, tear down2.
to cast oneself head first into deep water
SYNONYMS:
pitch, plunge, soundRELATED WORDS:
dip, immerse, submerge; belly flop, plump, plunk ( plonk)NEAR ANTONYMS:
surface3.
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
SYNONYMS:
careen, lurch, pitch, roll, seesaw, sway, toss, wobble ( wabble)RELATED WORDS:
blunder, buck, dodder, falter, flounder, halt, hitch, hobble, jerk, jolt, reel, shake, stagger, stumble, teeter, toddle, totter, tumble, vacillate, vibrate, waddle, waver, weave; oscillate, undulate, wag, waggle4.
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
SYNONYMS:
cast, catapult, chuck, dash, fire, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, lob, loft, peg, pelt, pitch, sling, tossRELATED WORDS:
bowl, dart, flip, gun, hook, pass, roll, shoot; buck, eject, impel, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, thrust5.
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
SYNONYMS:
cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, ditch, dump, eighty-six ( 86), exorcise ( exorcize), fling (off away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) sluff (off), throw away, throw out, toss, unloadRELATED WORDS:
abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake; dismiss, kick out; abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe outNEAR ANTONYMS:
adopt, embrace, take on; employ, use, utilize; hold, hold back, keep, retain6.
to provide publicity for
SYNONYMS:
ballyhoo, hype, pitch, plug, promote, talk up, toutRELATED WORDS:
advertise, bark, merchandise ( merchandize), sell; push; acclaim, hail, laud, praise; endorse ( indorse), plump (for), plunk (for) plonk (for); recommend, review; announce, broadcast, publish7.
to set or cause to be at an angle
SYNONYMS:
angle, cant, cock, heel, incline, list, pitch, slant, slope, tilt, tipRELATED WORDS:
bank; bend, deviate, swerve, veer; decline, descend, recline, retreatNEAR ANTONYMS:
even, flatten, level, straightento come upon unexpectedly or by chance
SYNONYMS:
chance (upon), encounter, find, hit (upon), light (on upon), meet, pitch (upon), stumble (on onto), tumble (upon)RELATED WORDS:
luck (out, on, onto, into); confront, face; discover, strike, turn up
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