sub·lim·i·nal 9.

Masonry .
a.
–adjective Psychology .
to square (a stone), cutting the arrises true with a chisel.
existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli
b.
insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense
to cut with a chisel.
enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal
10.
stimulus; subliminal advertising.
Informal . to attempt to sell or win approval for; promote; advertise: to pitch breakfast foods at
a sales convention.
11.
a·ghast Informal . to approach or court (as a person, company, or the public) in hope of a sale,
approval, or interest; make an appeal to.
12.
  [uh-gast, uh-gahst] to cause to pitch.
–adjective 13.
struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror: They stood Obsolete . to set in order; to arrange, as a field of battle.
aghast at the sight of the plane crashing. 14.
Obsolete . to fix firmly as in the ground; embed.
–verb (used without object)
15.
pitch
to plunge or fall forward or headlong.
16.
1
  [pich] to lurch.
–verb (used with object) 17.
1. to throw or toss.
to erect or set up (a tent, camp, or the like). 18.
2. Baseball .
to put, set, or plant in a fixed or definite place or position. a.
3. to deliver or serve the ball to the batter.
to throw, fling, hurl, or toss. b.
4. to fill the position of pitcher: He pitched for the Mets last year.
Baseball . 19.
a. to slope downward; dip.
to deliver or serve (the ball) to the batter. 20.
b. to plunge with alternate fall and rise of bow and stern, as a ship ( opposed to roll).
to fill the position of pitcher  in (a game): He pitched a no-hitter. He pitched a good game. 21.
c. (of a rocket or guided missile) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by oscillations of the
to choose or assign as a pitcher  for a game: The manager pitched Greene the next night. longitudinal axis in a vertical plane about the center of gravity.
5. 22.
to set at a certain point, degree, level, etc.: He pitched his hopes too high. to fix a tent or temporary habitation; encamp: They pitched by a mountain stream.
6. 23.
Music . to set at a particular pitch, or determine the key or keynote of (a melody). Golf . to play a pitch shot.
7. 24.
Cards . Informal . to attempt to sell or win approval for something or someone by advertising,
a. promotion, etc.: politicians pitching on TV.
to lead (a card of a particular suit), thereby fixing that suit as trump. 25.
b. Rare . to become established; settle down.
to determine (the trump) in this manner. –noun
8. 26.
to pave or revet with small stones. relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
27. the motion due to pitching.
the degree of inclination or slope; angle: the pitch of an arch; the pitch of a stair. b.
28. the extent of the rotation of the longitudinal axis involved in pitching.
the highest point or greatest height: enjoying the pitch of success. 45.
29. Also called plunge. Geology . the inclination of a linear feature, as the axis of a fold or an
(in music, speech, etc.) the degree of height or depth of a tone or of sound, depending upon the oreshoot, from the horizontal.
relative rapidity of the vibrations by which it is produced. 46.
30. Machinery .
Music . the particular tonal standard with which given tones may be compared in respect to a.
their relative level. the distance between the corresponding surfaces of two adjacent gear teeth measured either
31. along the pitch circle (circular pitch)  or between perpendiculars to the root surfaces (normal
Acoustics . the apparent predominant frequency sounded by an acoustical source. pitch).
32. b.
act or manner of pitching. the ratio of the number of teeth in a gear or splined shaft to the pitch circle  diameter, expressed
33. in inches.
a throw or toss. c.
34. the distance between any two adjacent things in a series, as screw threads, rivets, etc.
Baseball . the serving of the ball to the batter by the pitcher, usually preceded by a windup or 47.
stretch. (in carpet weaving) the weftwise number of warp ends, usually determined in relation to 27
35. inches (68.6 cm).
a pitching movement or forward plunge, as of a ship. 48.
36. Cards .
upward or downward inclination or slope: a road descending at a steep pitch. a.
37. all fours ( def. 2 ) .
a sloping part or place: to build on the pitch of a hill. b.
38. auction pitch.
a quantity of something pitched or placed somewhere. 49.
39. Masonry . a true or even surface on a stone.
Cricket . the central part of the field; the area between the wickets. 50.
40. (of typewriter type) a unit of measurement indicating the number of characters to a horizontal
Informal . inch: Pica is a 10-pitch type.
a. —Verb phrases
a high-pressure sales talk: The salesman made his pitch for the new line of dresses. 51.
b. pitch in, Informal .
a specific plan of action; angle: to tackle a problem again, using a new pitch. a.
41. to begin to work in earnest and vigorously: If I really pitch in, I may be able to finish the paper
the specific location in which a person or object is placed or stationed; allotted or assigned before the deadline.
place. b.
42. to contribute to a common cause; join in: When they took up a collection for the annual dinner,
Chiefly British . the established location, often a street corner, of a beggar, street peddler, he promised to pitch in.
newspaper vendor, etc. 52.
43. pitch into, Informal .
Aeronautics . a.
a. to attack verbally or physically: He apologized for pitching into me yesterday.
the nosing of an airplane or spacecraft up or down about a transverse axis. b.
b. to begin to work on vigorously.
the distance that a given propeller would advance in one revolution. 53.
44. pitch on / upon, to choose, especially casually or without forethought; decide on: We pitched
(of a rocket or guided missile) on a day for our picnic
a.
pitch passenger aircraft and the back of the seat in front of it 29. music  a. the auditory property of
a note that is conditioned by its frequency relative to other notes: high pitch ; low pitch  b.
[pich] concert pitch See also international pitch an absolute frequency assigned to a specific note,
–noun fixing the relative frequencies of all other notes. The fundamental frequencies of the notes A--
1. G, in accordance with the frequency A = 440 hertz, were internationally standardized and
any of various dark, tenacious, and viscous substances for caulking and paving, consisting of accepted in 1939 30. cricket  the rectangular area between the stumps, 22 yards long and 10
the residue of the distillation of coal tar or wood tar. feet wide; the wicket 31. geology  the inclination of the axis of an anticline or syncline or of a
2. stratum or vein from the horizontal 32. another name for seven-up 33. the act or manner of
any of certain bitumens, as asphalt: mineral pitch. pitching a ball, as in cricket 34. chiefly  ( Brit ) a vendor's station, esp on a pavement 35. slang
3. a persuasive sales talk, esp one routinely repeated 36. chiefly  ( Brit ) (in many sports) the field
any of various resins. of play 37. golf  Also called: pitch shot  an approach shot in which the ball is struck in a high
4. arc 38. slang  ( US ), ( Canadian ) make a pitch for  a. to give verbal support to  b. to attempt
the sap or crude turpentine that exudes from the bark of pines. to attract (someone) sexually or romantically 39. informal  ( Brit ) queer someone's pitch  to
–verb (used with object) upset someone's plans
5.
to smear or cover with pitch.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English pich, Old English pic  < Latin pic-  (stem of pix ), whence also tim·or·ous
Dutch pek, German Pech;  akin to Greek píssa  pitch

pitch 1  (pɪtʃ)   — vb  (used with it as subject ) 1. to hurl or throw (something); cast; fling 2.
  [tim-er-uh s]
( usually tr ) to set up (a camp, tent, etc) 3. ( tr ) to place or thrust (a stake, spear, etc) into the –adjective
ground 4. ( intr ) to move vigorously or irregularly to and fro or up and down 5. ( tr ) to aim or 1.
fix (something) at a particular level, position, style, etc: if you advertise privately you may
pitch the price too low 6. ( tr ) to aim to sell (a product) to a specified market or on a specified full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous.
basis 7. ( intr ) to slope downwards 8. ( intr ) to fall forwards or downwards 9. ( intr ) (of a 2.
vessel) to dip and raise its bow and stern alternately 10. cricket  to bowl (a ball) so that it
bounces on a certain part of the wicket, or (of a ball) to bounce on a certain part of the wicket
subject to fear; timid.
11. ( intr ) yaw Compare roll (of a missile, aircraft, etc) to deviate from a stable flight attitude 3.
by movement of the longitudinal axis about the lateral axis 12. ( tr ) (in golf) to hit (a ball) characterized by or indicating fear: a timorous whisper.
steeply into the air, esp with backspin to minimize roll 13. ( tr ) music  a. to sing or play
accurately (a note, interval, etc)  b. ( usually passive ) (of a wind instrument) to specify or
indicate its basic key or harmonic series by its size, manufacture, etc 14. ( tr ) cards  to lead (a Origin:
suit) and so determine trumps for that trick 15. baseball  a. ( tr ) to throw (a baseball) to a
batter  b. ( intr ) to act as pitcher in a baseball game 16. dialect  ( Southwest English ) to snow
1400–50; late Middle English  < Medieval Latin timōrōsus
without the settled snow melting 17. informal  ( US ), ( Canadian ) in there pitching  taking ( Latin timōr-  (stem of timor ) fear + -ōsus -ous)
part with enthusiasm 18. pitch a tale , pitch a yarn  to tell a story, usually of a fantastic nature
— n 19. the degree of elevation or depression 20. a. the angle of descent of a downward
slope  b. such a slope 21. the extreme height or depth 22. mountaineering  a section of a
route between two belay points, sometimes equal to the full length of the rope but often
shorter 23. the degree of slope of a roof, esp when expressed as a ratio of height to span 24.
the distance between corresponding points on adjacent members of a body of regular form,
esp the distance between teeth on a gearwheel or between threads on a screw thread 25. the
distance between regularly spaced objects such as rivets, bolts, etc 26. the pitching motion of
a ship, missile, etc 27. a. the distance a propeller advances in one revolution, assuming no slip
b. the blade angle of a propeller or rotor 28. the distance between the back rest of a seat in a