'PIT' definitions:

Definition of 'pit'

(from WordNet)
noun
A sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body" [syn: pit, cavity]
noun
A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) [syn: pit, fossa]
noun
The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking" [syn: stone, pit, endocarp]
noun
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson [syn: Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit] [ant: Heaven]
noun
An enclosure in which animals are made to fight
noun
(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
noun
(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
noun
A trap in the form of a concealed hole [syn: pit, pitfall]
noun
A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" [syn: pit, quarry, stone pit]
noun
Lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers [syn: orchestra pit, pit]
noun
A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it [syn: colliery, pit]
verb
Set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" [syn: pit, oppose, match, play off]
verb
Mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" [syn: scar, mark, pock, pit]
verb
Remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" [syn: pit, stone]

Definition of 'Pit'

From: GCIDE
  • Pit \Pit\, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.]
  • 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit. (b) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit. (c) A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit. [1913 Webster]
  • Tumble me into some loathsome pit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades. [1913 Webster]
  • Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • He keepth back his soul from the pit. --Job xxxiii. 18. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively. [1913 Webster]
  • The anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits. --Lam. iv. 20. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body; as: (a) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit. (b) See Pit of the stomach (below). (c) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats. "As fiercely as two gamecocks in the pit." --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. [Cf. D. pit, akin to E. pith.] (Bot.) (a) The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc. (b) A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct. [1913 Webster]
  • Cold pit (Hort.), an excavation in the earth, lined with masonry or boards, and covered with glass, but not artificially heated, -- used in winter for the storing and protection of half-hardly plants, and sometimes in the spring as a forcing bed.
  • Pit coal, coal dug from the earth; mineral coal.
  • Pit frame, the framework over the shaft of a coal mine.
  • Pit head, the surface of the ground at the mouth of a pit or mine.
  • Pit kiln, an oven for coking coal.
  • Pit martin (Zool.), the bank swallow. [Prov. Eng.]
  • Pit of the stomach (Anat.), the depression on the middle line of the epigastric region of the abdomen at the lower end of the sternum; the infrasternal depression.
  • Pit saw (Mech.), a saw worked by two men, one of whom stands on the log and the other beneath it. The place of the latter is often in a pit, whence the name.
  • pit stop, See pit stop in the vocabulary.
  • Pit viper (Zool.), any viperine snake having a deep pit on each side of the snout. The rattlesnake and copperhead are examples.
  • Working pit (Min.), a shaft in which the ore is hoisted and the workmen carried; -- in distinction from a shaft used for the pumps. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Pit'

From: GCIDE
  • Pit \Pit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pitting.]
  • 1. To place or put into a pit or hole. [1913 Webster]
  • They lived like beasts, and were pitted like beasts, tumbled into the grave. --T. Grander. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'pit'

From: Easton
  • Pit a hole in the ground (Ex. 21:33, 34), a cistern for water (Gen. 37:24; Jer. 14:3), a vault (41:9), a grave (Ps. 30:3). It is used as a figure for mischief (Ps. 9:15), and is the name given to the unseen place of woe (Rev. 20:1, 3). The slime-pits in the vale of Siddim were wells which yielded asphalt (Gen. 14:10).

Acronyms for 'pit'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • Partition Information Table (Android)
  • Point In Time (DB)
  • Programmable Interval Timer

Words containing 'PIT'