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pit


Definition: Meaning of, pit in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / pɪt /

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pit pits
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  1. hole a hole in the ground, especially one made by digging
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  2. hole a large hole in the ground from which stones or minerals are obtained by digging
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  3. mine especially British English a coal mine
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  4. mark a small hollow mark in the surface of something, especially on your skin as the result of a disease
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  5. untidy place [usually singular] spoken a house or room that is dirty, untidy, or in bad condition
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  6. be the pits spoken informal to be extremely bad
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  7. in/at the pit of your stomach if you have a feeling in the pit of your stomach, you have a sick or tight feeling in your stomach, usually because you are nervous or afraid
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  8. car racing the pits the place beside the track in a car race where cars can come in for petrol, new tyres etc
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  9. in a theatre an ORCHESTRA PIT
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  10. in a garage a hole in the floor of a garage that lets you get under a car to repair it
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  11. a/the pit of something literary a situation which makes you feel very bad
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  12. in fruit especially American English the single large hard seed in some fruits [=  stone British English]
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  13. body part informal an ARMPIT
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  14. business American English the area of a STOCK EXCHANGE where people buy and sell shares [=  floor British English]
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
pit pitted pitted
Present Participle Third Person Singular
pitting pits
  1. [transitive usually passive] to put small marks or holes in the surface of something
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  2. [transitive] especially American English to take out the single hard seed inside some fruits [=  stone]
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  3. [intransitive] American English to stop in a car race to get petrol or have your car repaired
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pit used in phrases

  • American pit bull terrier (noun)
    1. american breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat
  • barbecue pit (noun)
    1. a pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat
  • borrow pit (noun)
    1. a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site
  • fire pit (noun)
    1. a pit whose floor is incandescent lava
  • gravel pit (noun)
    1. a quarry for gravel
  • mosh pit (noun)
    1. an area in front of the stage at a ROCK or PUNK concert where people dance with a lot of energy, often hitting their bodies against other people
  • orchestra pit (noun)
    1. the space below the stage in a theatre where the musicians sit
  • peach pit (noun)
    1. the stone seed of a peach
  • pit bull terrier (noun)
    1. a small but extremely strong and sometimes violent fighting dog
  • pit of the stomach (noun)
    1. where a blow can affect the solar plexus a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum
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pit used in phrasal verbs

  • pit against (phrasal verb)
    1. pit someone/something against someone/something to make someone compete or fight against someone or something else
    2. if you pit your skills, knowledge, or ability against someone, you use all your skill in order to deal successfully or compete with them
  • pitch against (phrasal verb)
    1. pitch someone against someone to make someone fight or compete against someone else
  • pitch in (phrasal verb)
    1. to join with other people in doing a job
    2. to give your opinion, ideas etc during a conversation
  • pitch into (phrasal verb)
    1. pitch someone into something to put someone in a new situation, especially when they were not expecting it
    2. pitch into someone to start attacking or criticizing someone
  • pitch out (phrasal verb)
    1. pitch someone out to force someone to leave a place, organization etc
  • pitch up (phrasal verb)
    1. to arrive, especially late or in an unusual way
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