# pitched

Pronunciation: say "PICHT" /pɪt͡ʃt/

## Verb

1. Past tense and past participle of pitch. — simple past and past participle of pitch
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of pitch. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The salesman pitched his idea to a room full of investors._
   - _The ball was pitched low and inside, just missing the strike zone._

## Adjective

2. Sloping rather than flat; having an incline that may be shallow, steep, or somewhere in between.
   - Simple: Built with a slope instead of being flat.
   - _The cabin's steeply pitched roof shed rain and snow with ease._
   - _A gently pitched lawn sloped down toward the lake._
3. Having a particular tonal range, whether high, low, or in between.
   - Simple: Having a sound that is high, low, or somewhere in between.
   - _The singer's high-pitched notes filled the concert hall._
   - _A finely pitched chord rang out from the strings._
4. Fought at an agreed time and place where opposing forces commit fully; (later especially) marked by sustained, intense fighting, military or otherwise.
   - Simple: Fought at a planned place and time, with both sides ready to go all-out.
   - _By dawn the rival forces were locked in a pitched battle along the ridge._
   - _The trial turned into a pitched legal fight that dragged on for months._
5. Coated or covered in pitch, the dark, sticky tar-like substance used for sealing and waterproofing.
   - Simple: Covered with a thick, black, sticky tar.
   - _The pitched seams of the wooden vessel held back the seawater._
   - _Sailors stored their catch in pitched casks to keep them watertight._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pitched (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).