pit

pit
pit1 [pıt] n
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1¦(hole)¦
2¦(mine)¦
3¦(mark)¦
4¦(untidy place)¦
5 be the pits
6 in/at the pit of your stomach
7¦(car racing)¦
8¦(in a theatre)¦
9¦(in a garage)¦
10 a/the pit of something
11¦(in fruit)¦
12¦(body part)¦
13¦(business)¦
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[Sense: 1-5,7-13; Origin: Old English pytt]
[Sense: 6; Date: 1800-1900; : Dutc]
1.) ¦(HOLE)¦
a) a hole in the ground, especially one made by digging
The female digs a pit in which to lay the eggs.
a five-foot deep pit
→↑sandpit
b) a large hole in the ground from which stones or minerals are obtained by digging
gravel/sand/chalk pit
2.) ¦(MINE)¦
especially BrE a coal mine
Dad first went down the pit (=worked in a coal mine) when he was 15 years old.
a national strike against pit closures (=when a coal mine is closed permanently)
3.) ¦(MARK)¦
a small hollow mark in the surface of something, especially on your skin as the result of a disease
the deep pits left by smallpox
4.) ¦(UNTIDY PLACE)¦ [usually singular]
spoken a house or room that is dirty, untidy, or in bad condition
5.) be the pits
spoken informal to be extremely bad
The company refused to pay - I think it's the pits.
6.) in/at the pit of your stomach
if you have a feeling in the pit of your stomach, you have a sick or tight feeling in your stomach, usually because you are nervous or afraid
I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach that something terrible was going to happen.
7.) ¦(CAR RACING)¦
the pits
the place beside the track in a car race where cars can come in for petrol, new tyres etc
→↑pit stop
8.) ¦(IN A THEATRE)¦
9.) ¦(IN A GARAGE)¦
a hole in the floor of a garage that lets you get under a car to repair it
an inspection pit
10.) a/the pit of sth
literary a situation which makes you feel very bad
Just thinking about the future plunged her into a pit of despair .
11.) ¦(IN FRUIT)¦
especially AmE the single large hard seed in some fruits
British Equivalent: stone
a peach pit
12.) ¦(BODY PART)¦ informal
an ↑armpit
13.) ¦(BUSINESS)¦
AmE the area of a ↑stock exchange where people buy and sell shares
British Equivalent: floor
pit 2
pit2 v past tense and past participle pitted present participle pitting
1.) [T usually passive]
to put small marks or holes in the surface of something
be pitted with sth
The whole street was pitted with potholes.
2.) [T] especially AmE to take out the single hard seed inside some fruits
= ↑stone
Peel and pit two avocados.
3.) [i]AmE
to stop in a car race to get petrol or have your car repaired
→↑pitted
pit against / [pit sb/sth against sb/sth] phr v
to test someone's strength, ability, power etc in a competition or fight against someone or something else
We'll be pitting our team against the champions.
pit your wits against sb
(=compete against someone using your intelligence or knowledge)
Pit your wits against family or friends!
pit yourself against sth/sb
The men had to pit themselves against the forces of nature.
pit out phr v
to ↑sweat so much that your clothes become wet under your arms

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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