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pitch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Etymology 1
From Middle English picche, piche, pich, from Old English pi?, from Latin pix. Cognate with Dutch pek, German Pech, and Spanish pegar (“to stick, glue”).
Noun
pitch (countable and uncountable, plural pitches)
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
Derived terms
- pitch-black
- pitchblende
- pitch-dark
- pitch darkness
- pitch-tar
Translations
Descendants
- ? Galician: piche
- ? Portuguese: piche
See also
- piceous
Verb
pitch (third-person singular simple present pitches, present participle pitching, simple past and past participle pitched)
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.”
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- 1704 (published), year written unknown, John Dryden, On the Death of Amyntas
- Soon he found / The welkin pitch'd with sullen clouds.
- 1704 (published), year written unknown, John Dryden, On the Death of Amyntas
Etymology 2
From Middle English picchen, pycchen (“to thrust in, fasten, settle”), an assibilated variant of Middle English picken, pikken (“to pick, pierce”). More at pick.
Noun
pitch (plural pitches)
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- (sports, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) Not used in America, where "field" is the preferred word.
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- 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.
- A helical scan with a pitch of zero is equivalent to constant z-axis scanning.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- September 28, 1710, Joseph Addison, Whig-Examiner No. 2
- He lived at a time when learning was at its highest pitch.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, Oxford University Press (1973), section 11:
- But, except the mind be disordered by disease or madness, they never can arrive at such a pitch of vivacity
- 2014, James Booth, Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love (page 190)
- In this poem his 'vernacular' bluster and garish misrhymes build to a pitch of rowdy anarchy […]
- September 28, 1710, Joseph Addison, Whig-Examiner No. 2
- The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- 1975, Tom A. Cullen, The Prostitutes' Padre (page 94)
- Another reason is that the prostitute who makes her pitch at Marble Arch stands a chance of being picked up by an out-of-town business man stopping at one of the hotels in the vicinity, and of being treated to a steak dinner […]
- 1975, Tom A. Cullen, The Prostitutes' Padre (page 94)
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- Prominence; importance.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- 1967, Anthony Greenbank, Instructions in Mountaineering (page 84)
- You lead "through" instead — your companion leads a pitch, then you join him. But instead of swapping over at the ice axe belay, you carry on in the lead, cutting or kicking steps until you are about twenty feet above.
- 1967, Anthony Greenbank, Instructions in Mountaineering (page 84)
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (now Britain, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
Hyponyms
- football pitch
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pitch (third-person singular simple present pitches, present participle pitching, simple past and past participle pitched or (obsolete) pight)
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent).
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- Laban with his brethren pitched in the Mount of Gilead.
- (transitive, intransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive, archaic) To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
- the tree whereon they [the bees] pitch
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Precepts of Christianity not grievous
- Pitch upon the best course of life, and custom will render it the more easy.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Precepts of Christianity not grievous
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive, of an embankment, roadway) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (transitive, of a price, value) To set or fix.
- (transitive, card games, slang, of a card) To discard for some gain.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
Unknown. Perhaps related to the above sense of level or degree, or influenced by it.
Noun
pitch (plural pitches)
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
- The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pitch (third-person singular simple present pitches, present participle pitching, simple past and past participle pitched)
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- […] now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music and the opera of voices pitches a key higher.
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- 1955, Rex Stout, "Die Like a Dog", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, pages 196–197:
- His "hello" was enough to recognize his voice by. I pitched mine low so he wouldn't know it.
- 1955, Rex Stout, "Die Like a Dog", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, pages 196–197:
Translations
References
- pitch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pitch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Pronunciation
Noun
pitch m (plural pitchs)
- pitch (sales patter, inclination)
Italian
Noun
pitch m (plural pitch)
- (cricket) cricket pitch
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lean
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?n, IPA(key): /li?n/
- Rhymes: -i?n
- Homophone: lien
Etymology 1
From Middle English lenen (“to lean”), from Old English hleonian, hlinian (“to lean, recline, lie down, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *hlin?n? (“to lean, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ley-. Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Middle Dutch leunen (“to lean”), German lehnen (“to lean”); via Proto-Indo-European with climate, cline.
Verb
lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned or (UK) leant)
- To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
- Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
- To hang outwards.
- To press against.
Derived terms
Related terms
- climate
- cline
Translations
Noun
lean (plural leans)
- (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
- The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.
Synonyms
- (inclination away from vertical): tilt
Etymology 2
From Middle English lene (“lean”), from Old English hl?ne (“lean”), (cognate with Low German leen), perhaps from hl?nan (“to cause to lean (due to hunger or lack of food)”), from Proto-Germanic *hlainijan? (“to cause to lean”). If so, then related to Old English hlinian, hleonian (“to lean”).
Adjective
lean (comparative leaner, superlative leanest)
- (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
- Synonyms: lithe, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender
- (of meat) Having little fat.
- Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
- Synonyms: insufficient, scarce, sparse; see also Thesaurus:inadequate
- Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
- Synonyms: deficient, dilute, poor
- Antonym: rich
- (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
- (business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"
Derived terms
- leanness
- leansome
Translations
Noun
lean (countable and uncountable, plural leans)
- (uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.
- 1639 or earlier, Anon, Jack Sprat
- Jack Sprat would eat no fat, / His wife would eat no lean.
- 1639 or earlier, Anon, Jack Sprat
- (countable, biology) An organism that is lean in stature.
- 1986, Southwest Fisheries Center (U.S.), Collected Reprints (issue 1)
- The intermediates and leans are the predominant morphotypes found at the SE-NHR seamounts […]
- 2012, Obesity: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional (page 56)
- Obese Zuckers, compared to leans, consumed more food under free-feeding conditions.
- 1986, Southwest Fisheries Center (U.S.), Collected Reprints (issue 1)
Verb
lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned)
- To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
Etymology 3
From Icelandic leyna? Akin to German leugnen (“deny”). Compare lie (“speak falsely”).
Verb
lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned)
- To conceal.
References
Etymology 4
Probably from the verb to lean (see etymology 1 above), supposedly because consumption of the intoxicating beverage causes one to "lean".
Noun
lean (uncountable)
- (slang, US) A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.
- Synonyms: sizzurp, syrup, purple drank
See also
- lean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- lean in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- lean in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Alne, ELAN, Lane, Lena, Nale, Neal, elan, enal, lane, nale, neal, élan
Galician
Verb
lean
- third-person plural present subjunctive of ler
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish lenaid (“stays, sticks (to), follows”), from Proto-Celtic *linati (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?leyH- (“to smear”); compare Latin lin? (“anoint”), l?mus (“mud, slime”), Sanskrit ?????? (lin?ti, “sticks, stays”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /l?an??/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /l??an?/, /l??an??/
Verb
lean (present analytic leanann, future analytic leanfaidh, verbal noun leanúint, past participle leanta)
- (transitive, intransitive) follow
- continue
- remain
- endure
Conjugation
- Alternative verbal noun: leanacht (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
- folean
- leantóir
Further reading
- "lean" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “lenaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?lea?n/
Verb
lean
- inflection of leat:
- first-person singular present indicative
- past indicative connegative
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læ???n/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *laun?, from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *leh?w- (“catch, plunder, profit”). Cognate with Old Frisian l?n, Old Saxon l?n, Dutch loon, Old High German l?n (German Lohn), Old Norse laun (Swedish lön), Gothic ???????????????? (laun). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ???? (leía) (from *?????), Latin lucrum, Old Church Slavonic ???? (lov?) (Russian ??? (lov)), Old Irish lóg, Lithuanian lãvinti.
Noun
l?an n
- reward
Declension
Derived terms
- i?l?an
Related terms
- l?anian
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *lahan?. Cognate with Old Saxon lahan, Old High German lahan, Old Norse lá, Gothic ???????????????????? (laian).
Verb
l?an
- (transitive) to blame, fault, reproach
Conjugation
Descendants
- Middle English: *l?en (attested in past tense lough)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish lenaid (“stays, sticks (to), follows”), from Proto-Celtic *linati (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?leyH- (“to smear”); compare Latin lin? (“anoint”), Sanskrit ?????? (lin?ti, “sticks, stays”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n/
Verb
lean (past lean, future leanaidh, verbal noun leantainn or leanmhainn, past participle leanta)
- follow
- continue, proceed
Derived terms
- fo-leantach (“subjunctive”)
- lean air (“continue”)
- ainlean (“persecute”)
Spanish
Verb
lean
- Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of leer.
- Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of leer.
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of leer.
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
lean n (plural leanen, diminutive leantsje)
- wage, wages, salary
- reward
Further reading
- “lean”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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