to pitch a field

  • 1field — n. cultivated area 1) to plow; till, work a field 2) a corn; wheat field 3) in a field (farmers were working in the fields) area used for athletic events 4) to take the field 5) a baseball; football, soccer (BE often has pitch); playing field 6)… …

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  • 2pitch — I Australian Slang 1. contrived piece of banter used by salespeople to get a customer to buy; 2. offer or suggest (an idea or concept); 3. vie or compete for or against II Hong Kong English as in soccer pitch means field. More often than not in… …

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  • 3Pitch — may refer to:In music: * Pitch (music), the property of a sound or musical tone measured by its perceived frequency ** Range (music), the distance from the lowest to the highest pitch a musical instrument can play ** Vocal range, the distance… …

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  • 4pitch — pitch1 [pich] n. [ME pich < OE pic < L pix (gen. picis) < IE base * pi , to be fat > FAT] 1. a black, sticky substance formed in the distillation of coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc. and used for waterproofing, roofing, pavements,… …

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  • 5Pitch — Pitch, v. i. 1. To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp. Laban with his brethren pitched in the Mount of Gilead. Gen. xxxi. 25. [1913 Webster] 2. To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight. [1913 Webster] The tree whereon… …

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  • 6Pitch and pay — Pitch Pitch, v. i. 1. To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp. Laban with his brethren pitched in the Mount of Gilead. Gen. xxxi. 25. [1913 Webster] 2. To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight. [1913 Webster] The tree… …

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  • 7pitch invasion — UK US noun [countable] [singular pitch invasion plural pitch invasions] an occasion when a crowd of people who are watching a match run onto the pitch Thesaurus: audiences …

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  • 8Pitch invasion — A pitch invasion, known as rushing the field in the United States, occurs when a crowd of people who are watching a sports game run onto the field, to celebrate or protest about an incident, for example in games of football or cricket. Rugby… …

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  • 9Field hockey — sport imagesize=300px caption=A game of field hockey in progress union=International Hockey Federation nickname=Hockey first=19th century registered= clubs= contact=Yes team=11 players mgender= category=Indoor/Outdoor ball=Hockey ball… …

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  • 10pitch — pitch1 W3 [pıtʃ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(sports field)¦ 2¦(strong feelings/activity)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4¦(persuading)¦ 5¦(baseball)¦ 6¦(black substance)¦ 7¦(ship/aircraft)¦ 8¦(slope)¦ 9¦(street/market)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 …

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