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pit

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noun (1)

ˈpit How to pronounce pit (audio)
1
a(1)
: a hole, shaft, or cavity in the ground
(2)
: mine
(3)
: a scooped-out place used for burning something (such as charcoal)
b
: an area often sunken or depressed below the adjacent floor area: such as
(1)
: an enclosure in which animals are made to fight each other
(2)
: a space at the front of a theater for the orchestra
(3)
: an area in a securities or commodities exchange in which members trade (such as stocks)
2
a
: hell sense 1a
—used with the
b
: a place or situation of futility, misery, or degradation
c
pits plural : worst
it's the pits
3
: a hollow or indentation especially in the surface of an organism: such as
a
: a natural hollow in the surface of the body
b
: one of the indented scars left in the skin by a pustular disease : pockmark
c
: a minute depression in the secondary wall of a plant cell functioning in the intercellular movement of water and dissolved material
4
: any of the areas alongside an auto racecourse used for refueling and repairing the cars during a race
—often used in plural with the

pit

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verb (1)

pitted; pitting

transitive verb

1
a
: to place, cast, bury, or store in a pit
b
: to make pits in
especially : to scar or mark with pits
2
a
: to set (fighting birds, such as gamecocks) into or as if into a pit to fight
b
: to set into opposition or rivalry
—usually used with against

intransitive verb

1
: to become marked with pits
especially : to preserve for a time an indentation made by pressure
2
: to make a pit stop

pit

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noun (2)

: the stone of a drupaceous fruit

pit

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verb (2)

pitted; pitting

transitive verb

: to remove the pit from (a fruit)

Synonyms

Noun (1)

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English pytt (akin to Old High German pfuzzi well), from Latin puteus well, pit

Noun (2)

Dutch, from Middle Dutch — more at pith

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Verb (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun (2)

1803, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

1879, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pit was before the 12th century

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