pit
pit 1
(pĭt)n.
1. A natural or artificial hole or cavity in the ground.
2.
a. An excavation for the removal of mineral deposits; a mine.
b. The shaft of a mine.
3. A concealed hole in the ground used as a trap; a pitfall.
4. A small indentation in a surface: pits in a windshield.
5.
a. A natural hollow or depression in the body or an organ.
b. A small indented scar left in the skin by smallpox or other eruptive disease; a pockmark.
c. Zoology Either of a pair of depressions between the nostril and the eye of a pit viper that contain heat-sensing organs.
d. Botany A cavity in the wall of a plant cell where there is no secondary wall, as in fibers, tracheids, and vessel elements.
e. Informal An armpit.
6. An enclosed, usually sunken area in which animals, such as dogs or gamecocks, are placed for fighting.
7.
a. The section directly in front of and below the stage of a theater, in which the musicians sit.
b. Chiefly British The ground floor of a theater behind the stalls.
8.
a. The section of an exchange where trading in a specific commodity is carried on.
b. The gambling area of a casino.
9.
a. A sunken area in a garage floor from which mechanics may work on cars.
b. often pits Sports An area beside an auto racecourse where cars may be refueled or serviced during a race: pulled into the pits to have the tires rotated.
10.
a. Hell. Used with the.
b. A miserable or depressing place or situation.
c. pits Slang The worst. Used with the: "New York politics are the pits" (Washington Star).
11. Football The middle areas of the defensive and offensive lines.
v. pit·ted, pit·ting, pits
v.tr.
1. To mark with cavities, depressions, or scars: a surface pitted with craters.
2. To set in direct opposition or competition: a war that pitted brother against brother.
3. To place, bury, or store in a pit.
v.intr.
1. To become marked with pits.
2. To retain an impression after being indented. Used of the skin.
3. To stop at a refueling area during an auto race.
[Middle English, from Old English pytt, ultimately from Latin puteus, well; see pau- in Indo-European roots.]
pit 2
(pĭt)n.
The single central kernel or stone of certain fruits, such as a peach or cherry.
tr.v. pit·ted, pit·ting, pits
To extract the pit from (a fruit).
[Dutch, from Middle Dutch.]
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pit
(pɪt)n
1. a large, usually deep opening in the ground
2. (Mining & Quarrying)
a. a mine or excavation with a shaft, esp for coal
b. the shaft in a mine
c. (as modifier): pit pony; pit prop.
3. a concealed danger or difficulty
4. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the pit hell
5. (Theatre) Also called: orchestra pit the area that is occupied by the orchestra in a theatre, located in front of the stage
6. (General Sporting Terms) an enclosure for fighting animals or birds, esp gamecocks
7. (Anatomy) anatomy
a. a small natural depression on the surface of a body, organ, structure, or part; fossa
b. the floor of any natural bodily cavity: the pit of the stomach.
8. (Pathology) pathol a small indented scar at the site of a former pustule; pockmark
9. (Botany) any of various small areas in a plant cell wall that remain unthickened when the rest of the cell becomes lignified, esp the vascular tissue
10. (Motor Racing) a working area at the side of a motor-racing track for servicing or refuelling vehicles
11. (Stock Exchange) a section on the floor of a commodity exchange devoted to a special line of trading
12. (Card Games) a rowdy card game in which players bid for commodities
13. (Athletics (Track & Field)) an area of sand or other soft material at the end of a long-jump approach, behind the bar of a pole vault, etc, on which an athlete may land safely
14. (Theatre) the ground floor of the auditorium of a theatre
16. (Hunting) another word for pitfall2
vb, pits, pitting or pitted
17. (often foll by: against) to match in opposition, esp as antagonists
18. (Pathology) to mark or become marked with pits
19. (tr) to place or bury in a pit
[Old English pytt, from Latin puteus; compare Old French pet, Old High German pfuzzi]
pit
(pɪt)n
(Plants) the stone of a cherry, plum, etc
vb, pits, pitting or pitted
(Cookery) (tr) to extract the stone from (a fruit)
[C19: from Dutch: kernel; compare pith]
pit
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pit1
(pɪt)n., v. pit•ted, pit•ting. n.
1. a hole or cavity in the ground.
2. a covered or concealed excavation in the ground, serving as a trap.
3.
a. an excavation made in exploring for or removing a mineral deposit, as by open-cut methods.
b. the shaft of a coal mine.
c. the mine itself.
4. the abode of evil spirits and lost souls; hell.
5. the pits, Slang. an extremely unpleasant or depressing place, condition, etc.
6. a hollow or indentation in a surface.
7. a natural hollow or depression in the body: the pit of the back; hit in the pit of his stomach.
9. an enclosure for staging fights, esp. between dogs or cocks.
10. a place where slam dances are performed.
11. a part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity takes place.
12.
a. all that part of the main floor of a theater behind the musicians.
13. an area at the side of a racing track, for servicing and refueling the cars.
v.t.14. to mark or indent with pits or depressions.
15. to scar with pockmarks.
16. to place or bury in a pit, as for storage.
17. to set in opposition or combat, as one against another.
18. to put (animals) in a pit for fighting.
v.i.19. to become marked with pits or depressions.
20. (of body tissue) to retain temporarily a mark of pressure, as by a finger.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English pytt < Latin puteus well, pit]
pit2
(pɪt)n., v. pit•ted, pit•ting. n.
1. the stone of a fruit, as of a cherry, peach, or plum.
v.t.2. to remove the pit from (a fruit).
[1835–45, Amer.; < Dutch: kernel; c. pith]
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pit
(pĭt)The hard, central part of certain fruits, such as a peach or cherry, usually containing a single seed; a stone.
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pit
Past participle: pitted
Gerund: pitting
| Imperative |
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| pit |
| pit |
| Present |
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| I pit |
| you pit |
| he/she/it pits |
| we pit |
| you pit |
| they pit |
| Preterite |
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| I pitted |
| you pitted |
| he/she/it pitted |
| we pitted |
| you pitted |
| they pitted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am pitting |
| you are pitting |
| he/she/it is pitting |
| we are pitting |
| you are pitting |
| they are pitting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have pitted |
| you have pitted |
| he/she/it has pitted |
| we have pitted |
| you have pitted |
| they have pitted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was pitting |
| you were pitting |
| he/she/it was pitting |
| we were pitting |
| you were pitting |
| they were pitting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had pitted |
| you had pitted |
| he/she/it had pitted |
| we had pitted |
| you had pitted |
| they had pitted |
| Future |
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| I will pit |
| you will pit |
| he/she/it will pit |
| we will pit |
| you will pit |
| they will pit |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have pitted |
| you will have pitted |
| he/she/it will have pitted |
| we will have pitted |
| you will have pitted |
| they will have pitted |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be pitting |
| you will be pitting |
| he/she/it will be pitting |
| we will be pitting |
| you will be pitting |
| they will be pitting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been pitting |
| you have been pitting |
| he/she/it has been pitting |
| we have been pitting |
| you have been pitting |
| they have been pitting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been pitting |
| you will have been pitting |
| he/she/it will have been pitting |
| we will have been pitting |
| you will have been pitting |
| they will have been pitting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been pitting |
| you had been pitting |
| he/she/it had been pitting |
| we had been pitting |
| you had been pitting |
| they had been pitting |
| Conditional |
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| I would pit |
| you would pit |
| he/she/it would pit |
| we would pit |
| you would pit |
| they would pit |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have pitted |
| you would have pitted |
| he/she/it would have pitted |
| we would have pitted |
| you would have pitted |
| they would have pitted |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
pit
The seating area on the lower level of the auditorium (now more frequently called the stalls). An orchestra pit is a lowered area in front of a proscenium for musicians.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  pit - a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"trou-de-loup - a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy barbecue pit - a pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat borrow pit - a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site divot - (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke; "it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot" fire pit - a pit whose floor is incandescent lava; "the fire pit of the crater" hollow, hole - a depression hollowed out of solid matter quicksand - a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down sandpit - a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug sawpit - a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw tar pit - a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved |
| 2. |  pit - a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa - the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa - a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible bodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body epigastric fossa, pit of the stomach - a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward | |
| 3. | pit - 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" pericarp, seed vessel - the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary peach pit - the stone seed of a peach cherry stone - the stone seed of a cherry | |
| 4. |  pit - (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnsonfictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings Gehenna, Tartarus - a place where the wicked are punished after death hellfire, red region - a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned Christian religion, Christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior | |
| 5. | pit - an enclosure in which animals are made to fight cockpit - a pit for cockfights enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose | |
| 6. | pit - (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on area - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" commodities exchange, commodities market, commodity exchange - an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery | |
| 7. | pit - (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled auto racing, car racing - the sport of racing automobiles area - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" | |
| 8. | pit - a trap in the form of a concealed hole trap - a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned | |
| 9. |  pit - a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"excavation - a hole in the ground made by excavating gravel pit - a quarry for gravel | |
| 10. |  pit - lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performersarea - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" theater, theatre, house - a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full" | |
| 11. |  pit - a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with itmine - excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted workplace, work - a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today" | |
| Verb | 1. |  pit - 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"confront, face - oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" |
| 2. |  pit - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"nock, score, mark - make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" blemish, deface, disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" pockmark - mark with or as if with pockmarks; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease" cicatrise, cicatrize - form a scar, after an injury; "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon" | |
| 3. | pit - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
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pit
noun
pit something or someone against something or someone set against, oppose, match against, measure against, put in competition with, put in opposition to You will be pitted against people as good as you are.
the pits
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pit 1
noun1. An area sunk below its surroundings:
2. A place known for its great filth or corruption:
To place in opposition or be in opposition to:
Idioms: bump heads with, meet head-on, set at odds, set at someone's throat, trade blows.
pit 2
nounA fertilized plant ovule capable of germinating:
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Translations
حُفْرَة مَنْجَم المعادِنحُفْرَه، هُوَّهنَواةيَتَبارىيَنْزَع النَّواة
peckajámaodpeckovatpostavitšachta
=-minedepothulminepit
kivikuoppasiemenvarikko
gödörverem
lubang
ávaxtasteinnetjagryfjanámataka stein/kjarna úr ávexti
bedreizņemt kauliņukarjerskauliņšraktuves
groapă
jamakoščicarudnik
boy ölçüştürmekçekirdeğini çıkarmakçekirdekçukurikmal noktası
pit
1 [pɪt]
A. N
C. CPD pit bull (terrier) N → pit bull terrier m, bull terrier m de pelea
pit closure N → cierre m de pozos (mineros)
pit lane N (Motor racing) → recta f de boxes
pit pony N poney usado antiguamente en las minas
pit stop N (Motor racing) → entrada f en boxes (on journey) → parada f en ruta
to make a pit stop (Motor racing) → entrar en boxes (on journey) → hacer una parada
pit worker N → minero/a m/f
pit
2 [pɪt] (US)
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pit
[ˈpɪt]
n
(in road) → trou m
I'm trying to avoid all these pits in the road → J'essaie d'éviter tous ces trous sur la route.
(also orchestra pit) → fosse f
(US) (= fruit stone) → noyau m
the pit of one's stomach → le creux de l'estomac
to have a funny feeling in the pit of one's stomach → avoir une curieuse sensation au creux de l'estomac
modif [closure] → de la mine; [closures] → de mines; [strike] → des mineurs pit pony pits
npl
the pits (in motor racing) → les stands mpl
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pit
:
pit pony
n → Grubenpony nt
pit prop
n → Grubenstempel m
pit
1
n
(Aut, in garage) → Grube f; (Sport) (for long jump) → Sprunggrube f; (for high jump) → Sprunghügel m; the pits (Motor Racing) → die Box; to make a pit stop → einen Boxenstopp machen
(Theat) (Brit: usu pl: for audience) → Parkett nt; (= orchestra pit) → Orchestergraben m → or -versenkung f → or -raum m
(US St Ex) → Börsensaal m
(inf: = bed) → Falle f (inf)
pit
2 (US)
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pit
1 [pɪt]
pit
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pit1
(pit) noun1. a large hole in the ground. The campers dug a pit for their rubbish.
2. a place from which minerals are dug, especially a coal-mine. a chalk-pit; He works at/down the pit.
3. a place beside a motor race track for repairing and refuelling racing cars. The leading car has gone into the pit(s).
verb – past tense, past participle ˈpitted –(with against) to set (a person or thing) against another in a fight, competition etc. He was pitted against a much stronger man.
ˈpitfall nouna possible danger. She has managed to avoid most of the pitfalls of life.
pit2
(pit) nounthe hard stone of a peach, cherry etc.
verb – past tense, past participle ˈpitted –to remove the stone from (a peach, cherry etc).
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pit
n. hueco, hoyo; [seed] semilla de frutas.
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