pitched

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pitched

/pɪt͡ʃt/

Rhymes with -ɪtʃt

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of pitch

adjective more pitched · most pitched

Having a slope, whether shallow, steep, or intermediate. a pitched roof
not comparable Having a specified tonal range. a high-pitched scream
of a battle Fought at a particular place and time, at which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; (later especially) involving sustained, intense military (or by extension, political, legal etc.) fighting. a pitched battle
not comparable Covered in pitch. He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.

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Closest in meaning: inclined, violent, strong, fierce, ferocious, address, moved, toned, advertised, announced, launched, talked, tossed, flung, cast, chucked

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@misc{pitched_2026,
  title = {pitched},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pitched},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}