1. subst. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
2. subst. (cricket, football) The toss of a coin before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
3. subst. (British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
I couldn't give a toss about her.
4. subst. (British slang) A state of agitation.
5. subst. (Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
6. v. To throw with an initial upward direction.
Toss it over here!
7. v. To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
to toss the head
8. v. To agitate; to make restless.
9. v. To subject to trials; to harass.
10. v. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
I'll toss you for it.
11. v. (informal) To discard: to toss out
I don't need it any more; you can just toss it.
12. v. To stir or mix (a salad).
to toss a salad; a tossed salad.
13. v. (British slang) To masturbate
14. v. (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
"Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom." / "They probably found what they were looking for.".
15. v. (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep
16. v. (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
17. v. (obsolete) To keep in play; to tumble over.
to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar
18. v. (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
19. v. (British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
3. [2a] Beförderungsmittel für Personen, bei denen sich ein Gestell auf Stangen befindet, die von Menschen oder Lasttieren getragen werden
4. [2b] Bahre, Tragebett, Trage
5. [3] Nachkommen eines Tieres die bei einer Geburt geboren werden; Wurf
6. [4] saugfähiges Material zum Aufnehmen von Tierexkrementen
[1] The country side is covered by litter.
Die Landschaft ist mit Abfall bedeckt.
[2a] The emperor was carried in a litter.
Der Herrscher wurde in einer Sänfte getragen.
[2b] The people that got hurt had to be carried out on litters one by one because of the narrow staircase.
Die Leute, die verletzt wurden, mußten aufgrund des engen Treppenhauses, einzeln mit einer Bahre herausgeholt werden.
[3] My grandpa's cat had a litter of four, which is pretty much for such a young cat.
Die Katze von meinem Opa hatte einen Wurf mit 4 Kätzchen, was für eine so junge Karte sehr viel ist.
[4] Everytime I come home after 6 o'clock the floor is covered by cat litter. My cat distastes me for coming home too late.
Jedesmal wenn ich nach 6 Uhr nach Hause komme ist der Boden mit Katzenstreu bedeckt. Meine Katze kann es nicht leiden wenn ich zu spät nach Hause komme.
1. subst. A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally i
2. subst. (collective) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
3. subst. Material used as bedding for animals.
4. subst. Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
5. subst. Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
6. subst. Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
7. subst. A covering of straw for plants.
8. v. (intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
9. v. To scatter carelessly about.
10. v. To strew (a place) with scattered articles.
11. v. To give birth to, used of animals.
12. v. (intransitive) To produce a litter of young.
13. v. To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
14. v. (intransitive) To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
The rear axle will have to be replaced. It's shot.
2. adj. (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.
The cloak was shot through with silver threads.
3. adj. Tired, weary.
I have to go to bed now; I'm shot.
4. adj. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
5. subst. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
The shot was wide off the mark.
6. subst. (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
They took the lead on a last-minute shot.
7. subst. (athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
The shot flew twenty metres, and nearly landed on the judge's foot.
8. subst. Small metal balls used as ammunition.
9. subst. (military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
10. subst. (referring to one's skill at firing a gun) Someone who shoots (a gun) regularly
I brought him hunting as he's a good shot.
He'd make a bad soldier as he's a lousy shot.
11. subst. An opportunity or attempt.
I'd like just one more shot at winning this game.
12. subst. A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
13. subst. (slang) A punch or other physical blow.
14. subst. A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)
I'd like a shot of whisky in my coffee.
15. subst. A single serving of espresso.
16. subst. (photography, film) A single unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.
We got a good shot of the hummingbirds mating.
17. subst. A vaccination or injection.
I went to the doctor to get a shot for malaria.
18. subst. (US, Canada baseball informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).
His solo shot in the seventh inning ended up winning the game.
19. subst. (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
20. subst. (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
21. subst. (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
22. subst. (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
23. v. simple past tense and past participle of shoot
1. subst. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.
2. subst. A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
They put pitch on the mast to protect it.
The barrel was sealed with pitch.
It was pitch black because there was no moon.
3. subst. (geology) Pitchstone.
4. v. To cover or smear with pitch.
5. v. To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
6. subst. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
a good pitch in quoits
7. subst. (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
The pitch was low and inside.
8. subst. (sports) (Australia) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) Not used in America, where "field" i
The teams met on the pitch.
9. subst. An effort to sell or promote something.
He gave me a sales pitch.
10. subst. The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
The pitch of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch.
The pitch of this saw is perfect for that type of wood.
A helical scan with a pitch of zero is equivalent to constant z-axis scanning.
11. subst. The angle at which an object sits.
the pitch of the roof or haystack
12. subst. A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
13. subst. The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
14. subst. (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare
the pitch of an aircraft
15. subst. (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
The propeller blades' pitch went to zero as the engine was feathered.
16. subst. The place where a busker performs.
17. subst. An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
18. subst. An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
19. subst. A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
20. subst. (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
21. subst. (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
The entrance pitch requires 30 metres of rope.
22. subst. (now British, regional) A person or animal's height.
23. subst. (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
24. subst. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
25. subst. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof
26. subst. (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
27. v. To throw.
He pitched the horseshoe.
28. v. (transitive, or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
(transitive) The hurler pitched a curveball.
(intransitive) He pitched high and inside.
29. v. (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
Bob pitches today.
30. v. To throw away; discard.
He pitched the candy wrapper.
31. v. To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
He pitched the idea for months with no takers.
32. v. To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
At which level should I pitch my presentation?
33. v. To assemble or erect (a tent).
Pitch the tent over there.
34. v. (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
35. v. (ambitransitive, aviation, or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or ship goes alternatively up and down.
(transitive) The typhoon pitched the deck of the ship.
(intransitive) The airplane pitched.
36. v. (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
The only way to get on the green from here is to pitch the ball over the bunker.
37. v. (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
The ball pitched well short of the batsman.
38. v. (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
39. v. (intransitive, archaic) To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
40. v. (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
41. v. (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
to pitch from a precipice
The field pitches toward the east.
42. v. (transitive, of an embankment, roadway) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
43. v. (transitive, of a price, value) To set or fix.
44. v. (transitive, card games, slang) To discard for some gain.
45. subst. (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians.
46. subst. (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start.
47. v. (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
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