[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pitch.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / pitch [← P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/P/) # pitch «pitch» in Mova's school dictionary: **a field marked out for a sport, like a football, rugby or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (a pitch, pitches; pitch, uncountable for sound); verb (pitch, pitches, pitched, pitching) ### meaning for a pupil 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m1) 2) Pitch is how high or low a sound is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m2) 3) To pitch a tent means to put it up. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m4) 5) Pitch black or pitch dark means completely dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m5) 6) Pitch is a black sticky substance made from tar. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#m9) ### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x1) - A whistle has a very high pitch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x2) - Tighten the guitar string to make the pitch higher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x3) - We pitched our tent near the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x4) - He threw the fastest pitch of the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x5) - The cave was pitch black. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x6) - Everyone pitched in to clean up the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x7) - The mouse made a high-pitched squeak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x8) - She made a great pitch for her idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/#x9) - His words excited my curiosity to the highest pitch. [tree →](https://md.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 the corpora - [The tabla is a pair of Indian hand drums; pressing the skin while striking it changes the pitch.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/13/) - [Bumblebees can buzz at a special pitch that shakes pollen out of tomato flowers, and farmers use them in greenhouses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/58-flowers-and-pollination/17/) - [Dogs can hear high-pitched sounds that people cannot hear.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/20-noticing-like-a-cat/7/) - [Pitch a tent on flat, high ground away from dead trees, rivers and the bottom of slopes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/230-hiking-and-camping/16/) - [Theo thought playing in the pitch dark was cooler, like a cinema.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs/7/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «pitch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.