| pitch | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. pitch | the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration. |
| ~ sound property | an attribute of sound. |
| ~ concert pitch, international pitch, philharmonic pitch | the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle C. |
| ~ high pitch, high frequency | a pitch that is perceived as above other pitches. |
| ~ treble, soprano | the pitch range of the highest female voice. |
| ~ tenor | the pitch range of the highest male voice. |
| ~ key | pitch of the voice.; "he spoke in a low key" |
| ~ low pitch, low frequency | a pitch that is perceived as below other pitches. |
| ~ alto | the pitch range of the lowest female voice. |
| ~ alto | (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments. |
| ~ bass | the lowest part of the musical range. |
| ~ tone | (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages.; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones" |
| ~ tune | the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch.; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune" |
| n. (act) | 2. delivery, pitch | (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter. |
| ~ throw | the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).; "the catcher made a good throw to second base" |
| ~ balk | an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base. |
| ~ ball | a pitch that is not in the strike zone.; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him" |
| ~ beanball, beaner | a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head. |
| ~ change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball. |
| ~ breaking ball, curve ball, bender, curve | a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter. |
| ~ duster | a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter. |
| ~ fastball, heater, hummer, bullet, smoke | (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity.; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" |
| ~ knuckleball, knuckler | a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin. |
| ~ overhand pitch | a baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder. |
| ~ passed ball | a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base. |
| ~ screwball | a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown. |
| ~ sinker | a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate. |
| ~ spitball, spitter | an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it. |
| ~ strike | (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders.; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls" |
| ~ submarine ball, submarine pitch | a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead. |
| ~ wild pitch | an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| n. (location) | 3. pitch | a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk).; "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors" |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| n. (communication) | 4. pitch, sales pitch, sales talk | promotion by means of an argument and demonstration. |
| ~ promotion, promotional material, publicity, packaging | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution.; "the packaging of new ideas" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. pitch, rake, slant | degree of deviation from a horizontal plane.; "the roof had a steep pitch" |
| ~ gradient, slope | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal.; "a five-degree gradient" |
| ~ loft | (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air. |
| n. (substance) | 6. pitch, tar | any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue. |
| ~ bitumen | any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons. |
| ~ coal tar | a tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds. |
| n. (act) | 7. pitch, pitch shot | a high approach shot in golf. |
| ~ approach shot, approach | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green.; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green" |
| n. (act) | 8. auction pitch, pitch | an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump. |
| ~ all fours, high-low-jack | card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game. |
| n. (act) | 9. lurch, pitch, pitching | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance).; "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| ~ careen, sway, tilt, rock | pitching dangerously to one side. |
| ~ ship | a vessel that carries passengers or freight. |
| n. (act) | 10. pitch | the action or manner of throwing something.; "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor" |
| ~ throw | the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).; "the catcher made a good throw to second base" |
| v. (contact) | 11. flip, pitch, sky, toss | throw or toss with a light motion.; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" |
| ~ fling | throw with force or recklessness.; "fling the frisbee" |
| ~ submarine | throw with an underhand motion. |
| ~ lag | throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins. |
| ~ throw back, toss back | throw back with a quick, light motion.; "She tossed back her head" |
| v. (motion) | 12. lurch, pitch, shift | move abruptly.; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 13. pitch | fall or plunge forward.; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| v. (change) | 14. pitch | set to a certain pitch.; "He pitched his voice very low" |
| ~ set | put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state.; "set the house afire" |
| v. (possession) | 15. hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend | sell or offer for sale from place to place. |
| ~ sell, trade, deal | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
| v. (motion) | 16. incline, pitch, slope | be at an angle.; "The terrain sloped down" |
| ~ ascend | slope upwards.; "The path ascended to the top of the hill" |
| ~ stoop | sag, bend, bend over or down.; "the rocks stooped down over the hiking path" |
| ~ fall | slope downward.; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean" |
| ~ climb | slope upward.; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill" |
| ~ dip | slope downwards.; "Our property dips towards the river" |
| ~ lean, tilt, angle, slant, tip | to incline or bend from a vertical position.; "She leaned over the banister" |
| v. (motion) | 17. cant, cant over, pitch, slant, tilt | heel over.; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ cock | tilt or slant to one side.; "cock one's head" |
| v. (contact) | 18. pitch, set up | erect and fasten.; "pitch a tent" |
| ~ camp down, camp | establish or set up a camp. |
| ~ erect, rear | cause to rise up. |
| v. (contact) | 19. deliver, pitch | throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball.; "The pitcher delivered the ball" |
| ~ throw | propel through the air.; "throw a frisbee" |
| v. (contact) | 20. pitch | hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin. |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| v. (competition) | 21. pitch | lead (a card) and establish the trump suit. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ play | put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game.; "He is playing his cards close to his chest"; "The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory" |
| v. (change) | 22. gear, pitch | set the level or character of.; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience" |
| ~ adapt, accommodate | make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" |
| ~ popularise, popularize | make understandable to the general public.; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books" |
| tone | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. tone, tone of voice | the quality of a person's voice.; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice" |
| ~ manner of speaking, delivery, speech | your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally.; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" |
| ~ note | a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling.; "there was a note of uncertainty in his voice" |
| ~ roundness, rotundity | the fullness of a tone of voice.; "there is a musky roundness to his wordiness" |
| ~ undertone | a quiet or hushed tone of voice.; "spoke in undertones" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. tone | (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages.; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones" |
| ~ pitch | the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration. |
| ~ linguistics | the scientific study of language. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. quality, timber, timbre, tone | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound).; "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" |
| ~ sound property | an attribute of sound. |
| ~ harmonic | any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental. |
| ~ resonance | the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities. |
| ~ coloration, colouration, color, colour | the timbre of a musical sound.; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music" |
| ~ nasality | a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators. |
| ~ plangency, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy, resonance, ringing | having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant. |
| ~ stridence, stridency, shrillness | having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound. |
| ~ register | (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments. |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| n. (state) | 4. feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone | the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people.; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" |
| ~ ambiance, ambience, atmosphere | a particular environment or surrounding influence.; "there was an atmosphere of excitement" |
| ~ hollywood | a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry.; "some people in publishing think of theirs as a glamorous medium so they copy the glitter of Hollywood" |
| ~ zeitgeist | the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. shade, tincture, tint, tone | a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color.; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" |
| ~ color, coloring, colouring, colour | a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect.; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light" |
| ~ mellowness | a soft shade of a color.; "a mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble" |
| ~ richness | a strong deep vividness of hue.; "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room" |
| ~ tinge, undertone | a pale or subdued color. |
| n. (communication) | 6. musical note, note, tone | a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound.; "the singer held the note too long" |
| ~ musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians. |
| ~ musical scale, scale | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave). |
| ~ keynote, tonic | (music) the first note of a diatonic scale. |
| ~ supertonic | (music) the second note of a diatonic scale. |
| ~ mediant | (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant. |
| ~ subdominant | (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale. |
| ~ dominant | (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale. |
| ~ submediant | (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic). |
| ~ leading tone, subtonic | (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale. |
| ~ pedal, pedal point | a sustained bass note. |
| ~ trill, shake | a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it. |
| ~ middle c | the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz. |
| ~ chord | a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together. |
| ~ passing note, passing tone | a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes. |
| ~ semibreve, whole note | a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time). |
| ~ half note, minim | a musical note having the time value of half a whole note. |
| ~ quarter note, crotchet | a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note. |
| ~ eighth note, quaver | a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note. |
| ~ semiquaver, sixteenth note | a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note. |
| ~ demisemiquaver, thirty-second note | a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note. |
| ~ hemidemisemiquaver, sixty-fourth note | a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note. |
| ~ acciaccatura, appoggiatura, grace note | an embellishing note usually written in smaller size. |
| ~ blue note | a flattened third or seventh. |
| ~ monotone | a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts). |
| n. (cognition) | 7. pure tone, tone | a steady sound without overtones.; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies" |
| ~ auditory sensation, sound | the subjective sensation of hearing something.; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" |
| ~ harmonic | a tone that is a component of a complex sound. |
| n. (state) | 8. tone, tonicity, tonus | the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli.; "the doctor tested my tonicity" |
| ~ muscular tissue, muscle | animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells. |
| ~ tautness, tenseness, tensity, tension | the physical condition of being stretched or strained.; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body" |
| ~ catatonia | extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia. |
| ~ muscle tone, muscular tonus | normal tonicity of the muscles.; "exercise improves muscle tone" |
| ~ myotonia | abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction. |
| ~ hypertonia, hypertonus, hypertonicity | (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic. |
| ~ hypotonia, hypotonus, hypotonicity | (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic. |
| n. (communication) | 9. step, tone, whole step, whole tone | a musical interval of two semitones. |
| ~ musical interval, interval | the difference in pitch between two notes. |
| n. (attribute) | 10. tone | the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author.; "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome" |
| ~ quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.; "the quality of mercy is not strained" |
| v. (communication) | 11. chant, intone, tone | utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically.; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| v. (communication) | 12. inflect, modulate, tone | vary the pitch of one's speech. |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| v. (change) | 13. tone | change the color or tone of.; "tone a negative" |
| ~ discolour, discolor, color, colour | change color, often in an undesired manner.; "The shirts discolored" |
| v. (change) | 14. tone | change to a color image.; "tone a photographic image" |
| ~ color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour | add color to.; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" |
| v. (body) | 15. strengthen, tone, tone up | give a healthy elasticity to.; "Let's tone our muscles" |
| ~ exercise, work out | do physical exercise.; "She works out in the gym every day" |
| tune | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune | a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" |
| ~ tucket, fanfare, flourish | (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments.; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" |
| ~ glissando | a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale. |
| ~ roulade | (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable. |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ leitmotif, leitmotiv | a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas). |
| ~ theme song | a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie. |
| ~ signature tune, theme song, signature | a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program. |
| ~ melodic theme, musical theme, theme, idea | (music) melodic subject of a musical composition.; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" |
| ~ part, voice | the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music.; "he tried to sing the tenor part" |
| ~ musical phrase, phrase | a short musical passage. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. tune | the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch.; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune" |
| ~ pitch | the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration. |
| n. (act) | 3. tune | the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency. |
| ~ modification, adjustment, alteration | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment). |
| v. (change) | 4. tune, tune up | adjust for (better) functioning.; "tune the engine" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| ~ fine-tune, tweak | adjust finely.; "fine-tune the engine" |
| ~ service | make fit for use.; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced" |
| ~ tune in | regulate (a radio or television set) in order to receive a certain station or program. |
| v. (change) | 5. tune, tune up | adjust the pitches of (musical instruments).; "My piano needs to be tuned" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
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