To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun.
To cause to decrease or diminish.
To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
To become weaker or worse.
To recite all the different declined forms of (a word).
A weakening.
Downward movement, fall.
A reduction or diminution of activity.
The act of declining or refusing something.
A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
To fix or set the tone of.
To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
To throw away; discard.
To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
To set or fix.
To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
To cover or smear with pitch.
To throw.
To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
To assemble or erect (a tent).
To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
To bounce on the playing surface.
To settle and build up, without melting.
To discard for some gain.
To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
To fix one's choice.
To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
To produce a note of a given pitch.
A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
The angle at which an object sits.
The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave.
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 point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
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 act of pitching a baseball.
A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
The field of battle.
A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
Pitchstone.
An effort to sell or promote something.
The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
A person's or animal's height.
Prominence; importance.