[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pitch/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) / pitch # pitch noun (a pitch, pitches; pitch, uncountable for sound); verb (pitch, pitches, pitched, pitching) «pitch» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A pitch is a field marked out for a sport, like a football, rugby or cricket pitch (mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m1) 2. Pitch is how high or low a sound is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m2) 3. To pitch a tent means to put it up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m3) 4. To pitch means to throw a ball, especially in baseball or softball, and a pitch is that throw. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m4) 5. Pitch black or pitch dark means completely dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m5) 6. Pitch is a black sticky substance made from tar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m6) 7. A pitch is a talk to persuade people, like a sales pitch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m7) 8. To pitch can mean to fall forward or a ship rocking up and down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m8) 9. Pitch can also mean the highest or lowest level of something, like a level of excitement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m9) ### In the lessons In science and music lessons: pitch depends on how fast something vibrates; faster vibrations make a higher pitch; short or tight strings and small instruments make high pitches; long, loose strings make low ones. In sport: football pitch (UK) is a field (US), baseball pitcher throws the pitch. Camping: pitch a tent away from rivers and under no dead branches. Phrases: «high-pitched», «low-pitched», «pitch black», «pitch a tent», «pitch in» (join in to help), «sales pitch». ### Examples - The football pitch was muddy after the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x1) - A whistle has a very high pitch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x2) - Tighten the guitar string to make the pitch higher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x3) - We pitched our tent near the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x4) - He threw the fastest pitch of the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x5) - The cave was pitch black. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x6) - Everyone pitched in to clean up the classroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x7) - The mouse made a high-pitched squeak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x8) - She made a great pitch for her idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x9) - His words excited my curiosity to the highest pitch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x10) ### Note Plural and verb with he/she/it: «pitches». Pitch (how high or low) is different from volume (how loud or quiet). A football «pitch» in the UK is a «field» in the US. A «pitcher» is a baseball thrower and also, in the US, a jug. ## In Jewish tradition "Pitched in" a place means the people stopped and camped there, as in the lists of Israel's journeys; Noah also sealed the ark with pitch. **Interpretation.** The long list of camps teaches that each stop in the desert was remembered as part of God's guidance. ### Examples - And they journeyed from Dophkah, and pitched in Alush. (Torah NUM.33.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pitch/#x1) - And they journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and pitched in Hazeroth. (Torah NUM.33.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pitch/#x2) - And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. (Torah NUM.33.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pitch/#x3) - And Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. (Prophets 2SA.17.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pitch/#x4) - Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves against Lehi. (Prophets JDG.15.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pitch/#x5) - And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. (Prophets 1SA.26.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pitch/#x6) ### Note Plural and verb with he/she/it: «pitches». Pitch (how high or low) is different from volume (how loud or quiet). A football «pitch» in the UK is a «field» in the US. A «pitcher» is a baseball thrower and also, in the US, a jug. ## Early Modern English ### Meaning In the Torah "pitch" means to set up a tent or camp; in the fairy tale it means a high degree, as in "to the highest pitch". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pitch/#m1) ### Then and now Today "pitch" as a verb means to throw or set up a tent, and as a noun a sports field or sound level; the old sense (set up camp, or degree) is used here. ### Examples - The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward; (Torah NUM.3.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pitch/#x1) - His words excited my curiosity to the highest pitch. (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pitch/#x2) - The families of the sons of Kohath were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward; (Torah NUM.3.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pitch/#x3) ### Note Today: set up; degree, level. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «pitch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«pitch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pitch.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «pitch» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pitch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«pitch» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pitch.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «pitch» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pitch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«pitch» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/pitch.html) on Mova free.