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pit

/ pit /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
set into opposition or rivalry
"let them match their best athletes against ours"
"pit a chess player against the Russian champion"
"He plays his two children off against each other"
Type of:
confront face
Derived:
playoff match opposition opponent opposite
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
noun Sense 2
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
"a British term for `quarry'' is `stone pit''"
Type of:
excavation hole in the ground
Kinds of:
chalkpit chalk pit gravel pit trou-de-loup
Derived:
quarry
noun Sense 3
a trap in the form of a concealed hole
Type of:
trap
noun Sense 4
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
"they dug a pit to bury the body"
Type of:
hole hollow
Kinds of:
barbecue pit borrow pit divot fire pit quicksand
verb Sense 5
remove the pits from
"pit plums and cherries"
Type of:
remove take take away
Derived:
stone endocarp
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 6
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
Type of:
cavity bodily cavity cavum
Kinds of:
glenoid fossa glenoid cavity mandibular fossa pit of the stomach epigastric fossa
Derived:
scar mark pock
noun Sense 7
a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
Type of:
workplace work
noun Sense 8
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
"you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
Type of:
pericarp seed vessel
Kinds of:
peach pit cherry stone
Derived:
stone
noun Sense 9
lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
Type of:
area
Has parts:
theater theatre house
verb Sense 10
mark with a scar
"The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
Type of:
deface disfigure blemish
Kinds of:
pockmark cicatrize cicatrise
Derived:
fossa pitting roughness indentation pock
Verb group:
score nock mark
Entails:
incise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
10
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
64
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

confront face excavation hole in the ground chalkpit chalk pit gravel pit trou-de-loup trap hole hollow barbecue pit