pit

pit
pit1 [ pıt ] noun count **
▸ 1 hole in ground
▸ 2 place for people/animals
▸ 3 seed in fruit
▸ 4 armpit
▸ 5 hollow mark on surface
▸ 6 extremely messy place
▸ 7 bad state
▸ 8 at the race track
▸ 9 something bad
▸ + PHRASES
1. ) a very large hole dug in the ground in order to obtain a particular substance or type of stone: QUARRY:
a gravel pit
a ) a hole that you dig in the ground to put something in it:
a bear pit
a barbecue pit
b ) a mine under the ground, especially a coal mine
2. ) the place in front of a stage where an orchestra sits: ORCHESTRA PIT
a ) the place where people buy and sell shares in a STOCK EXCHANGE
b ) the place where people GAMBLE in a CASINO
c ) an enclosed place where animals are made to fight
3. ) AMERICAN a large hard seed inside some types of fruit
4. ) AMERICAN INFORMAL an ARMPIT
5. ) a small mark or hole in a surface:
His skin was full of pits.
6. ) INFORMAL an extremely messy place:
Her room was an absolute pit.
7. ) MAINLY LITERARY a state in which you have very strong unpleasant feelings or in which something bad is happening:
pit of: Dimitri was in a pit of despair.
Many politicians have fallen into the pit of corruption.
8. ) the pit AMERICAN the area beside a race track where cars are repaired or get more gas during a race
9. ) the pits INFORMAL something that is very bad:
Having to work on Saturday night is the pits.
the pit of hell or the fiery pit LITERARY
HELL
the pit of your stomach
the place in your stomach where you experience unpleasant feelings when you are worried, upset, or frightened
pit
pit 2 [ pıt ] verb transitive
1. ) to make small marks or holes in a surface
2. ) AMERICAN to take the large hard seed out of a fruit
=> PITTED
`pit a,gainst phrasal verb transitive
1. ) pit someone/something against someone/something to make someone compete or fight against someone or something else:
Venus Williams will be pitted against her sister in tomorrow's game.
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:
Small businesses are having to pit their wits against the giant companies.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • Pit — Pit, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pit — may refer to:Technology* Programmable Interval Timer, a computing device * Pulsed inductive thruster, a device used in spacecraft propulsion * The core of a nuclear weaponPlaces* Pit River, a watershed in California * Pittsburgh International… …   Wikipedia

  • Pit — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. {{{image}}}   Sigles d une seule lettre   Sigles de deux lettres > Sigles de trois lettres …   Wikipédia en Français

  • pit — ☆ pit1 [pit ] n. [Du < MDu pitte, akin to PITH] the hard stone, as of the plum, peach, or cherry, which contains the seed vt. pitted, pitting to remove the pit from (a fruit) pit2 [pit] n. [ME < OE pytt < early WGmc & NGmc * puttia (> …   English World dictionary

  • pit — Ⅰ. pit [1] ► NOUN 1) a large hole in the ground. 2) a mine or excavation for coal, chalk, etc. 3) a hollow or indentation in a surface. 4) a sunken area in a workshop floor allowing access to a car s underside. 5) an area at the side of a track… …   English terms dictionary

  • PIT — (engl. für „Grube“) ist Hundekampfarena (siehe: Kampfhund) eine (datentragende) Vertiefung auf einer Compact Disc ein Fluss in Kalifornien, siehe Pit River. die Fachbezeichnung für mikroskopisch kleine Vertiefungen/Schädigungen an Werksteinen von …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pit — Pit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pitting}.] 1. To place or put into a pit or hole. [1913 Webster] They lived like beasts, and were pitted like beasts, tumbled into the grave. T. Grander. [1913 Webster] 2. To mark with little… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pit — (engl. für „Grube“) ist eine (datentragende) Vertiefung auf einer Compact Disc eine Arena für Hundekämpfe ein Fluss in Kalifornien, siehe Pit River. die Fachbezeichnung für mikroskopisch kleine Vertiefungen/Schädigungen an Werksteinen von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pit — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Un pit es uno de los pequeños agujeros o depresiones que el láser, sobre la superficie de un CD, DVD o cualquier otro soporte digital óptico como blu ray disc o HD DVD, quema para escribir un valor binario. El láser… …   Wikipedia Español

  • pit — sb., ten, pit, tene (ved motorløb), i sms. pit , fx pitstop; køre i pit …   Dansk ordbog

  • Pit — das; s, s <aus engl. pit »Grube«>: 1. im altengl. Theater der der Spielfläche gegenüberliegende Hof, in dem ärmere Zuschauer Stehplätze hatten. 2. (meist Plur.) Informationsträger auf Kompaktschallplatten (Elektrot.) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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