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21Pitched battle — Pitch Pitch, v. t. [OE. picchen; akin to E. pick, pike.] 1. To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball. [1913 Webster] 2. To thrust or plant in the ground, as… …
22Pitched battle — Battle Bat tle, n. [OE. bataille, bataile, F. bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, fr. L. battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, fr. batuere to strike, beat. Cf. {Battalia}, 1st {Battel}, and see… …
23pitched battle — 1. a battle in which the orderly arrangement of armed forces and the location have been predetermined. 2. an encounter in which the antagonists are completely and intensely engaged: The dispute evolved into a pitched battle between management and …
24pitched battle — noun a) A hostile engagement involving sustained, full scale fighting between opposing forces in close combat. Have I not in a pitched battle heard b) …
25pitched battle — noun (C) 1 an angry and usually long quarrel or argument: We had a pitched battle with the council before they d agree to repair the road. 2 a battle between armies who have already chosen and prepared their positions compare skirmish 1 (1) …
26pitched roof — šlaitinis stogas statusas Aprobuotas sritis statyba apibrėžtis Stogas, kurio šlaitų nuolydis didesnis kaip 7 °. atitikmenys: angl. pitched roof vok. Schrädach rus. скатная крыша šaltinis Statybos techninis reglamentas STR 2.05.02:2008 „Statinių… …
27pitched field — noun archaic : pitched battle …
28pitched — adjective see pitch IV …
29pitched — Pertaining to inoculation of a nutrient medium with yeast, for example, in beer brewing …
30pitched — Synonyms and related words: accented, alveolar, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, arranged, articulated, aslant, aslope, assimilated, atilt, back, barytone, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, bilabial, broad, cacuminal, canting, careening, central …
