Associations to the word «Pitched»

Wiktionary

PITCHED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of pitch
PITCHED, adjective. Having a slope.
PITCHED, adjective. (not comparable) Having a specified tonal range.
PITCHED, adjective. (not comparable) Fought from predetermined positions at a specified time and place.
PITCHED A TENT, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of pitch a tent
PITCHED BATTLE, noun. (military) A hostile engagement involving sustained, full-scale fighting between opposing forces in close combat.
PITCHED BATTLE, noun. (idiomatic) (by extension) An intense, rancorous argument or confrontation.
PITCHED MARKET, noun. (obsolete) A market at which bulk supplies of goods (rather than just samples) were available for sale.
PITCHED MARKETS, noun. Plural of pitched market

Dictionary definition

PITCHED, adjective. (of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form; "high-pitched".
PITCHED, adjective. Set at a slant; "a pitched rather than a flat roof".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats