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Antonyms for pitched

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pich
Phonetic Transcription : pɪtʃ

Definition of pitched

Origin :
  • "resinous substance, wood tar," late 12c., pich, from Old English pic "pitch," from a Germanic borrowing (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian pik, Middle Dutch pik, Dutch pek, Old High German pek, German Pech, Old Norse bik) from Latin pix (genitive picis) "pitch," from PIE root *pi- "sap, juice" (cf. Greek pissa, Lithuanian pikis, Old Church Slavonic piklu "pitch;" see pine (n.)). Applied to pine resins from late 14c. Pitch-black is attested from 1590s; pitch-dark from 1680s.
  • verb throw, hurl
  • verb put up, erect
  • verb dive, roll
Example sentences :
  • Major John Postell had been pitched upon as the first victim.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • The Diné, whirling on his heel, met the arrow with his throat, and pitched choking.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • What pitched battles, worthy to be chanted in Homeric strains!
  • Extract from : « Snow Flakes (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He pitched us some breakfast, but he told us not to come abaft the midship compass.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • After this, the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • He pitched his camp out by the mountain, and nobody disturbed him.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Camp was pitched in a grove of spruces at the lower end of the lake.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • A pretty dreary camp we pitched that evening near the place of our mishap.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • I pitched it pretty middlin' high, I fetched a lusty tone, But oh, alas!
  • Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
  • Well, look here, Colonel, I'll show you the very place it pitched.
  • Extract from : « Joy (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

Synonyms for pitched

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