Definition of Pitching

1. Noun. (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team.

Generic synonyms: Playing
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game

2. Noun. Abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance). "The pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
Exact synonyms: Lurch, Pitch
Generic synonyms: Motility, Motion, Move, Movement
Specialized synonyms: Careen, Rock, Sway, Tilt
Category relationships: Ship
Derivative terms: Lurch, Pitch, Pitch

Definition of Pitching

1. n. The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball.

Definition of Pitching

1. pitch [v] - See also: pitch

Medical Definition of Pitching

1. 1. The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball. 2. The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone. 3. A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents. Pitching piece, the horizontal timber supporting the floor of a platform of a stairway, and against which the stringpieces of the sloping parts are supported. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitching

pitcherful
pitcherfuls
pitchers
pitchersful
pitcher plant
pitcher sage
pitches
pitchfork
pitchforked
pitchforking
pitchforks
pitchier
pitchiest
pitchily
pitching (current term)
pitching (current term)
pitchings
pitching change
pitching coach
pitching wedge
pitchman
pitchmen
pitchout
pitchouts
pitchpole
pitchpoled
pitchpoles
pitchpoling
pitchstone
pitchstone

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