A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand. • The act of pitching a baseball. • The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.) • A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin. • The field of battle. • An effort to sell or promote something. • The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font. • The angle at which an object sits. • The rotation angle about the transverse axis. • The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. • A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller. • An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader. • The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public. • An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar. • A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree. • A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression. • The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape. • Collectively, the outermost points of some part of the body, especially the shoulders or hips. • The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey. • A person's or animal's height. • Prominence; importance. • A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances. • A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders. • That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled. • A descent; a fall; a thrusting down. • The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant. • The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out. • An American trick-taking card game.