PITCHED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does pitched mean? 

• PITCHED (adjective)
  The adjective PITCHED has 2 senses:

1. (of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form

2. set at a slant

  Familiarity information: PITCHED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PITCHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form

Classified under:

Participial adjectives

Context example:

high-pitched

Participle:

pitch (set to a certain pitch)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Set at a slant

Context example:

a pitched rather than a flat roof

Similar:

inclined (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position)

 Context examples 

That night we pitched our camp immediately under the cliff—a most wild and desolate spot.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was not far to Longmeadow, but the tent was pitched and the wickets down by the time they arrived.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Outside this ring an outer one was pitched, eight feet separating the two.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the meantime the fire remained unbuilt, the camp half pitched, and the dogs unfed.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The human ear can detect a wide range of frequencies, from the low rumbles of distant thunder to the high-pitched whine of a mosquito.

(Hearing different frequencies, NIH)

He was extraordinarily receptive and responsive, while his imagination, pitched high, was ever at work establishing relations of likeness and difference.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He stumbled from weakness and pitched head foremost on his face, cutting his cheek, his pack upon his back.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Could he, or the Lucases, have pitched on any man within the circle of our acquaintance, whose name would have given the lie more effectually to what they related?

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

A rare, inherited disorder marked by height that is shorter than average, a narrow face with redness and a rash, a high-pitched voice, and fertility problems.

(Bloom syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

Here he was interrupted by a loud report, and a cannonball came tearing through the trees and pitched in the sand not a hundred yards from where we two were talking.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)