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Pit

noun

1.

A sizeable hole (usually in the ground). Synonym: cavity.

2.

A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression). Synonym: fossa.

3.

The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed. Synonyms: endocarp, stone.

4.

(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment. Synonyms: Hell, infernal region, Inferno, nether region, perdition. "A demon from the depths of the pit" , "Hell is paved with good intentions"

5.

An enclosure in which animals are made to fight.

6.

(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on.

7.

(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled.

8.

A trap in the form of a concealed hole. Synonym: pitfall.

9.

A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate. Synonyms: quarry, stone pit.

10.

Lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers. Synonym: orchestra pit.

11.

A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it. Synonym: colliery.

verb

(past & past part. pitted; pres. part. pitting)

1.

Set into opposition or rivalry. Synonyms: match, oppose, play off. "Pit a chess player against the Russian champion" , "He plays his two children off against each other"

2.

Mark with a scar. Synonyms: mark, pock, scar.

3.

Remove the pits from. Synonym: stone.

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"Pit" Quotes from Famous Books

... Lizzie, lass," she said at length, her voice still thrilled with the sorrow of her great motherless, "ye see, lassie, ah've naebody but Wully an' Betsey to look to. Ma Jeams left me a wee bit siller, but it's no enough gin a wes pit oot in the warld, an' if Wully slips awa' ah canna say whit'll happen—so ah must look for a hame, ye ken. An' there's this ane ah kin have." She tossed her head towards the receding farm-house. The coquettish all-sufficient ...

— 'Lizbeth of the Dale • Marian Keith

... Bucephalus makes a considerable figure in the story, and Nectanabus devotes much attention to Alexander's education—care which the Prince repays (for no very discernible reason) by pushing his father and tutor into a pit, where the sorcerer dies after revealing the relationship. The rest of the story is mainly occupied by the wars with Darius and Porus (the former a good deal travestied), and two important parts, or rather appendices, of it are epistolary communications between Aristotle and ...

— The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory - (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) • George Saintsbury

... girl Annette one effect of the Public School and its influences, educational and social, was to reveal to her the depth of the educational and social pit from which she had been taken. Her High School training might have fitted her for the teaching profession and completed her social emancipation but for her vain and thriftless mother, who, socially ...

— To Him That Hath - A Novel Of The West Of Today • Ralph Connor

... dark, and darkness in the woods is the darkness of the pit itself. She found a fallen tree, and climbed on it to rest and think. Night in gloomy places brings an eerie feeling sometimes to the bravest—dormant sense impressions, running back to the cave age and beyond, become active, harry the mind with subtle, unreasoning qualms—and ...

— North of Fifty-Three • Bertrand W. Sinclair

... would not fight—it was a dead bird in the pit. My friend at once apprehended that he had to deal with an old hand—one of those aggravating fellows who are up to cryp—a man who can write a sentence, and be capable of leaving the letter e entirely out. For there are people ...

— The English Gipsies and Their Language • Charles G. Leland

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