Crossword clues for pitting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pit \Pit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pitting.]
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To place or put into a pit or hole.
They lived like beasts, and were pitted like beasts, tumbled into the grave.
--T. Grander. To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.
To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
Wiktionary
n. The formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion vb. (present participle of pit English)
WordNet
n. a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body" [syn: cavity]
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) [syn: fossa]
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, endocarp]
a trap in the form of a concealed hole [syn: pitfall]
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" [syn: quarry, stone pit]
lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers [syn: orchestra pit]
a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it [syn: colliery]
n. the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion [syn: roughness, indentation]
v. 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: oppose, match, play off]
mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" [syn: scar, mark, pock]
remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" [syn: stone]
See pit
Usage examples of "pitting".
Pitting brother against brother, Manso gave that responsibility to Juanito.
The good people of Leicestershire were accustomed in bygone days to prevent pitting by small-pox with the use of Silverweed fomentations.
A planet abides that life which accepts its whims, but man it rejects, man it seeks to obliterate, pitting the monumental force of its instability against that pitiful life form, driving man forth to seek the stars or die.
After a quarter century he was back, pitting himself against the lookup table.
Reptilian directed his personal guard, and they sprinted toward Grizzly, never considering for a moment the futility of pitting their pikes against an automatic rifle.
And you, Achilles, never hope to fight it out with your king, pitting force against his force: no one can match the honors dealt a king, you know, a sceptered king to whom great Zeus gives glory.
Sometimes he drove to the open country, selecting unpatrolled dirt roads, and here drove at breath-taking speed, pitting his skill against the vagaries of the terrain.
Mace and Depa, Master and Padawan, pitting the lethal efficiency of Vaapad against the worst the galaxy could throw at us.
Vahil took great pleasure in assailing the heights of fashion, unbothered by his incongruous stoutness or the pockmarks pitting his cheerful face.
I dont see any pitting or scoring, and the date stamp isnt visible, but I can tell you theres something really strange about them.
I don't see any pitting or scoring, and the date stamp isn't visible, but I can tell you there's something really strange about them.
In order to prove their qualifications anc allegations, DeVeer learned more about the workings of warp-drive engines, fuel capacities, gauges the pitting of ship skins from forced warp jumps and the condition of lubricants, greases, flux levels and rocket tube encrustations than he would evei again need.
The tragedy of the Moriori resembles many other such tragedies in both the modern and the ancient world, pitting numerous well-equipped people against few ill-equipped opponents.
He wanted us out on training missions, pitting us against nonpsychic teams,"
He wanted us out on training missions, pitting us against nonpsychic teams," Kaden explained.