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pitch collapse: the action or manner of throwing something; "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor"; (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter; an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump; a high approach shot in golf; the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration; degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"; a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk); "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors"; any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue; set to a certain pitch; "He pitched his voice very low"; lead (a card) and establish the trump suit; hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin; erect and fasten; "pitch a tent"; fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"

turn to collapse: direct one's interest or attention towards; go into; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium"

inflection collapse: deviation from a straight or normal course; a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function

reading collapse: the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"; the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "he enjoys reading books"; a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"; written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"; a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"; a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England

choreography collapse: a notation used by choreographers; the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes

resonate collapse: be received or understood; sound with resonance; "The sound resonates well in this theater"

undertake collapse: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"; enter upon an activity or enterprise; accept as a charge; accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"

reel collapse: a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps; winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod; a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector; music composed for dancing a reel; wind onto or off a reel

fossilized collapse: set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"

intonation collapse: the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations; the act of singing in a monotonous tone; singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong; rise and fall of the voice pitch

exemplary collapse: worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"

seminar collapse: a course offered for a small group of advanced students; any meeting for an exchange of ideas

sable collapse: marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur; a scarf (or trimming) made of sable; an artist's brush made of sable hairs; the expensive dark brown fur of the marten; of a dark somewhat brownish black

zenith collapse: the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected

elective collapse: subject to popular election; "elective official"; not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of study"

unmusical collapse: not musical in nature; "the unmusical cry of the bluejay"; lacking interest in or talent for music; "too unmusical to care for concerts"; "it is unfortunate that her children were all nonmusical"

ebony collapse: tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork; hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys

quintessential collapse: representing the perfect example of a class or quality

belly flop collapse: a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water

swan dive collapse: a dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the water

gainer collapse: a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board; a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits); "she was clearly the gainer in that exchange"; a person who gains weight

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