Definition for

pitch


To pierce with a sharp point; divide with something sharp and pointed; transfix.

To thrust into the ground, as a stake or pointed peg; hence, to plant or fix; set up; place: as, to pitch a tent or a camp; to pitch the wickets in cricket.

To fix or set in order; array; arrange; set.

To fix, as a rate, value, or price; rate; class;

To fling or throw; hurl; toss: as, to pitch a pike or a dart; to pitch a ball or a penny.

Specifically, in base-ball, to serve (the ball) to the batter. See base-ball.

In music, to determine or set the key (tonality) or key-note of; fix the relative shrillness or height of; start or set (a piece) by sounding the key-note or first tone: as. to pitch a tune high.

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