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pit |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb pit 1 of 3 senses of pit Sense 2 scar, mark, pock, pit => pockmark => scarify => cicatrize Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb pit 1 of 3 senses of pit Sense 2 scar, mark, pock, pit => pockmark => scarify => cicatrize Entailment of verb pit 1 of 3 senses of pit Sense 2 scar, mark, pock, pit => incise Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb pit 3 senses of pit Sense 1 pit, oppose, match, play off => confront, face Sense 2 scar, mark, pock, pit => deface, disfigure, blemish Sense 3 pit, stone => remove, take take away withdraw Familiarity of verb pit pit used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb pit Sense 1 pit, oppose, match, play off => confront, face -------------- Sense 2 scar, mark, pock, pit => deface, disfigure, blemish -------------- Sense 3 pit, stone => remove, take take away withdraw -------------- Grep of noun pit american pit bull terrier armpit barbecue pit borrow pit cesspit chalk pit chalkpit coalpit cockpit fire pit fleapit gravel pit jack-in-the-pulpit meadow pipit orchestra pit peach pit pipit pit pit-run gravel pit bull terrier pit of the stomach pit run pit stop pit viper pita pitahaya pitahaya cactus pitanga pitch pitch accent pitch apple pitch black pitch blackness pitch contour pitch pine pitch pipe pitch shot pitchblende pitched battle pitcher pitcher's mound pitcher-plant family pitcher plant pitcher sage pitcherful pitchfork pitching pitching change pitching coach pitching wedge pitchman pitchstone pitfall pith pith hat pith helmet pithead pithecanthropus pithecanthropus erectus pithecellobium pithecellobium dulce pithecellodium unguis-cati pithecia pithecolobium pithiness pitilessness pitman pitocin piton pitot-static tube pitot tube pitprop pitressin pitsaw pitt pitt the elder pitt the younger pitta pittance pitter-patter pittidae pitting pittsburgh pittsburgh of the south pittsfield pituitary pituitary body pituitary gland pituophis pituophis melanoleucus pity pitymys pitymys pinetorum pityriasis pityriasis alba pityriasis rosea pityrogramma pityrogramma argentea pityrogramma calomelanos pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava pityrogramma chrysophylla pulpit sandpit sawpit snake pit spit stone pit tar pit the pit turnspit Overview of noun pit The noun pit has 7 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (5) pit, cavity -- (a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body") 2. pit, fossa -- (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)) 3. stone, pit, endocarp -- (the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed) 4. pit, pitfall -- (a trap in the form of a concealed hole) 5. pit, quarry, stone pit -- (a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate: "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'") 6. orchestra pit, pit -- (lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers) 7. colliery, pit -- (a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it) Overview of verb pit The verb pit has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) pit, oppose, match, play off -- (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") 2. scar, mark, pock, pit -- (mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently") 3. pit, stone -- (remove the pits from as of certain fruit such as peaches) Grep of adj pit decrepit pitch-black pitch-dark pitched pitchy piteous pithy pitiable pitiful pitiless pitted pituitary pitying Overview of noun pit The noun pit has 7 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (5) pit, cavity -- (a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body") 2. pit, fossa -- (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)) 3. stone, pit, endocarp -- (the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed) 4. pit, pitfall -- (a trap in the form of a concealed hole) 5. pit, quarry, stone pit -- (a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate: "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'") 6. orchestra pit, pit -- (lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers) 7. colliery, pit -- (a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it) Overview of verb pit The verb pit has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) pit, oppose, match, play off -- (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") 2. scar, mark, pock, pit -- (mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently") 3. pit, stone -- (remove the pits from as of certain fruit such as peaches)
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