pit 1 (p t)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. Hell. b. A miserable or depressing place or situation. c. pits Slang The worst. Used with the: "New York politics are the pits" (Washington Star). 5. A small indentation in a surface: pits in a windshield. 6. 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. Informal An armpit. Often used in the plural. 7. An enclosed, usually sunken area in which animals, such as dogs or gamecocks, are placed for fighting. 8. 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. 9. a. The section of an exchange where trading in a specific commodity is carried on. b. The gambling area of a casino. 10. a. A sunken area in a garage floor from which mechanics may work on cars. b. Sports An area beside an auto racecourse where cars may be refueled or serviced during a race. Used with the. Often used in the plural. 11. Football The middle areas of the defensive and offensive lines. 12. Botany A cavity in the wall of a plant cell where there is no secondary wall, as in fibers, tracheids, and vessels. 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-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
| pit 2 (pt) 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.] |
pit 1
Noun
1. a large deep opening in the ground
2. a coal mine
3. Anat
a. a small natural depression on the surface of a body or organ
b. the floor of any natural bodily cavity: the pit of the stomach
4. Pathol a pockmark
5. a concealed danger or difficulty
6. an area at the side of a motor-racing track for servicing or refuelling vehicles
7. the pit hell
8. the area occupied by the orchestra in a theatre
9. an enclosure for fighting animals or birds
10. the back of the ground floor of a theatre
11. same as pitfall (sense 2)
Verb
[pitting, pitted]
1. (often foll. by against)to match in opposition, esp. as antagonists: sister pitted against sister
2. to mark with small dents or scars
3. to place or bury in a pit
4. pit one's wits against to compete against in a test or contest
See also pits [Old English pytt]
pit 2 Chiefly US & Canad
Noun
the stone of various fruits
Verb
[pitting, pitted]
to remove the stone from (a fruit) [Dutch: kernel]
| pit (pt) The hard, inner layer (the endocarp) of certain drupes that are valued for their flesh, such as peaches, cherries, or olives. Not in scientific use. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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" 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 epigastric fossa, pit of the stomach - a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) | |
| 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 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" | |
| 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 | |
| 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" |
| 2. | pit - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" 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" | |
| 3. | pit - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" |
pit
noun 2. hole, gulf, depression, hollow, trench, crater, trough, cavity, abyss, chasm, excavation, pothole
pit something or someone against something or someone set against, oppose, match against, measure against, put in competition with, put in opposition to
Translations
pit [pɪt] n → hoyo;
(also: coal pit) → mina;
(in garage) → foso de inspección;
to pit A against B → oponer A a B;
pits npl (AUT) → box msg;
pitted with (chickenpox) → picado de
pit [pɪt] n → trou m, fosse f;
(also: orchestra pit) → fosse d'orchestre;
(US) (= fruit stone); noyau m
vt to pit sb against sb → opposer qn à qn;
to pit o.s. or one's wits against → se mesurer à;
pit [pɪt] n → Grube f;
(in surface of road) → Schlagloch nt (= coal mine); Zeche f;
(also: orchestra pit) → Orchestergraben m
the pit of one's stomach → die Magengrube
pit [pɪt] n → buca, fossa;
(also: coal pit) → miniera;
(also: orchestra pit) → orchestra
vt to pit sb against sb → opporre qn a qn;
pits npl (AUT) → box m;
to pit o.s. against → opporsi a
n pit [pit]
1 a large hole in the ground The campers dug a pit for their rubbish. gat حُفْرَه، هُوَّه яма jáma hul die Grube σκάμμα hoyo, foso, fosa auk, koobas گودال kuoppa fosse בּוֹר गहरा गढ्ढा udubina gödör lubang gryfja buca, fossa 穴 구덩이 duobė bedre lubang kuil grop, sjakt, grav dół buraco groapă яма jama jama jama grop, hål หลุม çukur 坑 яма گڑھا hố 坑
2 a place from which minerals are dug, especially a coal-mine a chalk-pit; He works at/down the pit. myn حُفْرَة مَنْجَم المعادِن шахта důl, šachta mine; -mine die Grube ορυχείο mina, pozo kaevandus دالان معدن kaivos puits, carrière מִכרֶה गहरा गढ्ढा rudnik bánya galian (kola)náma cava, miniera 採掘坑 갱(坑) šachta, kasykla šahta; karjers; raktuves lombong mijn, groeve (gruve)sjakt kopalnia mina carieră; mină; puţ шахта baňa, šachta rudnik jama gruvhål, gruvschakt เหมือง ... ocağı, kuyu 礦坑，煤礦 шахта, копальня کان، معدن hầm mỏ 矿坑，煤矿
3 a place beside a motor race track for repairing and refuelling racing cars The leading car has gone into the pit(s). kuip مَوْضِع تَقِف فيه السَّيّارات للتَّزّوُّد بالوَقود ремонтен канал depo, box pit; depot die Box χώρος σέρβις δίπλα στην πίστα αυτοκινητοδρομιών boxes remondi- ja tankimiskoht چال varikko stand de ravitaillement נְקוּדַת עֲצִירָה בְּמַסלוּל מֵירוֹץ दौड़ में हिस्सा लेने वाली कारों मी मरम्मत और ईंधन भराई की जगह jama boksz pit viðgerðasvæði box 整備所 (자동차 경기장의) 피트 (수리 등을 하는 곳) autoremonto ir degalų papildymo punktas remontbedre ruang perhentian pit grav boks stand заправочно-ремонтный пункт depo, box boks kanal depå บริเวณหยุดเติมน้ำมันหรือเปลี่ยนยางสำหรับรถแข่งในสนามแข่ง ikmal noktası, pit 賽車時的中途修理、加油站 піт-стоп ريس کي گاڑيوں کا پٹرول پمپ trạm tiếp tế cho xe đua 赛车时的中途修理、加油站
v – past tense, past participle ˈpitted –
(withagainst) to set (a person or thing) against another in a fight, competition etc He was pitted against a much stronger man. teen mekaar opstel يَتَبارى . изправям един срещу друг postavit (proti) være op imod gegenüberstellen βάζω κπ. να αναμετρηθεί με κπ. άλλο oponer una persona a otra, poner a una persona contra otra vastu seadma به جان هم انداختن opposer (à) לְהִתמוֹדֵד עִם प्रतियोगिता में किसी के खिलाफ खड़ा होना postaviti za protivnika,omjeriti se sa szembeállít vkit vmivel menghadapkan etja (gegn) mettere 戦わせる 맞붙게 하다, 대항시키다 priversti kovoti su, nukreipti prieš sarīdīt (pret kādu) beradu sst dgn als tegenstander opstellen sette opp mot hverandre wystawiać do pojedynku opor(-se) a a provoca выставлять postaviť (proti) postaviti koga proti drugemu suprotstaviti sätta upp mot ทำให้ต่อสู้กัน kapıştırmak, boy ölçüştürmek 使...與...相鬥 протистояти لڑانا đọ sức với ai 使...与...相斗
n pitfall
a possible danger She has managed to avoid most of the pitfalls of life. struikelblok مَزْلَق، خَطَر كامِن капан léčka faldgrube die Fallgrube παγίδα, κίνδυνος dificultad, escollo püünis خطر غیرمنتظره sudenkuoppa piège מִכשוֹל चोरगढ़ा, कूटावपात klopka csapda jebakan (veiði)gryfja, dulinn hætta trappola, insidia 落とし穴 함정 spąstai lamatas; slazds; bīstama situācija kesulitan yg tdk diduga valkuil fallgruve, felle pułapka armadilha capcană опасность pasca past opasnost fallgrop หลุมพราง tuzak, beklenmedik tehlike 陷井 пастка; вовча яма ممکنہ خطرات cạm bẫy 陷井
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