pitched en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /pɪt͡ʃt/
- (US) audio
Meanings
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Having a slope, whether shallow, steep, or intermediate.
a pitched roof
The roofs up there are pitched heavier because of the snowfalls.
If you look closely, you can see that this whole patio is pitched at a quarter-inch to the foot.
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(not-comparable) Having a specified tonal range.
Carrados made his smiling admission and changed his position a fraction—possibly to catch her curiously pitched voice the better.
1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:a high-pitched scream
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(of a battle, qualifier:fight; etc; fight; etc) Fought at a particular place and time, at which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; (later especially) involving sustained, intense military (or by extension, political, legal etc.) fighting.
a pitched battle
nowhere was the battle more pitched than in Ocean City, where protestors maintained a constant picket around city hall
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(not-comparable) Covered in pitch.
He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.
1823, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most pitched | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more pitched | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fever-pitched · pitched roof · unpitched · pitched market · low-pitched · pitched battle · high-pitched