pit

pit
pit1
noun
1》 a large hole in the ground.
    ↘a mine or excavation for coal or minerals.
    ↘a sunken area in a workshop floor allowing access to a car's underside.
2》 a hollow or indentation in a surface.
3》 an area at the side of a track where racing cars are serviced and refuelled.
4》 short for orchestra pit (see orchestra).
5》 (the pit) Brit. dated the seating at the back of the stalls of a theatre.
6》 a part of the floor of an exchange in which a particular stock or commodity is traded.
7》 chiefly historical an enclosure in which animals are made to fight: a bear pit.
8》 (the pit) literary hell.
    ↘(the pits) informal a very bad place or situation: this really is the pits!
9》 Brit. informal a person's bed.
verb (pits, pitting, pitted)
1》 (pit someone/thing against) set someone or something in conflict or competition with.
2》 make a hollow or indentation in the surface of.
    ↘sink in or contract so as to form a hollow.
3》 drive a racing car into the pit.
Phrases
the pit of the stomach the region of the lower abdomen.
Derivatives
pitted adjective
Origin
OE pytt, of W. Gmc origin, based on L. puteus 'well, shaft'; sense 1 of the verb derives from the former practice of setting animals to fight each other in a pit.
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pit2
chiefly N. Amer.
noun the stone of a fruit.
verb (pits, pitting, pitted) remove the pit from (fruit).
Derivatives
pitted adjective
Origin
C19: appar. from Du.; related to pith.

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  • pit — ☆ pit1 [pit ] n. [Du < MDu pitte, akin to PITH] the hard stone, as of the plum, peach, or cherry, which contains the seed vt. pitted, pitting to remove the pit from (a fruit) pit2 [pit] n. [ME < OE pytt < early WGmc & NGmc * puttia (> …   English World dictionary

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  • PIT — (engl. für „Grube“) ist Hundekampfarena (siehe: Kampfhund) eine (datentragende) Vertiefung auf einer Compact Disc ein Fluss in Kalifornien, siehe Pit River. die Fachbezeichnung für mikroskopisch kleine Vertiefungen/Schädigungen an Werksteinen von …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Pit — das; s, s <aus engl. pit »Grube«>: 1. im altengl. Theater der der Spielfläche gegenüberliegende Hof, in dem ärmere Zuschauer Stehplätze hatten. 2. (meist Plur.) Informationsträger auf Kompaktschallplatten (Elektrot.) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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