Pin vs. Pit

Pinnoun

A sewing pin or ballhead pin: a needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.

Pinnoun

A small nail with a head and a sharp point.

Pinnoun

A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.

Pinnoun

(wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.

Pinnoun

A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.

Pinnoun

(in plural pins; informal) A leg.

Pinnoun

(electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.

Pinnoun

A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.

Pinnoun

(US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.

Pinnoun

(chess) A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to attack.

Pinnoun

(golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole

Pinnoun

(curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)

Pinnoun

(dated) A mood, a state of being.

Pinnoun

One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.

Pinnoun

caligo

Pinnoun

A thing of small value; a trifle.

Pinnoun

A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.

Pinnoun

(engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.

Pinnoun

The tenon of a dovetail joint.

Pinnoun

A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.

Pinnoun

(informal) A pinball machine.

Pinverb

(often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.

Pinverb

To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.

Pinverb

(wrestling) To pin down (someone).

Pinverb

To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

Pinverb

To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.

Pinverb

To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.

Pinverb

alternative form of peen

Pinverb

To peen.

Pinverb

To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

Pinverb

To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.

Pinnoun

A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.

Pinnoun

Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.

Pinnoun

Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.

Pinnoun

That which resembles a pin in its form or use

Pinnoun

One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.

Pinnoun

The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.

Pinnoun

Mood; humor.

Pinnoun

Caligo. See Caligo.

Pinnoun

An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.

Pinnoun

The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.

Pinnoun

a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment

Pinnoun

when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

Pinnoun

small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

Pinnoun

a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts

Pinnoun

informal terms of the leg;

Pinnoun

axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

Pinnoun

cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown

Pinnoun

flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

Pinnoun

a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things

Pinnoun

a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

Pinnoun

a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in groups as a target

Pinverb

to hold fast or prevent from moving;

Pinverb

attach or fasten with pins

Pinverb

pierce with a pin;

Pinverb

immobilize a piece

Pinnoun

an identifying number allocated to an individual by a bank or other organization and used for validating electronic transactions.

Pinverb

attach or fasten with a pin or pins

Pinverb

hold (someone) firmly in a specified position so they are unable to move

Pinverb

hinder or prevent (a piece or pawn) from moving because of the danger to a more valuable piece standing behind it along the line of an attack

Pin

A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together, and can have three sorts of body: a shaft of a rigid inflexible material meant to be inserted in a slot, groove, or hole (as with pivots, hinges, and jigs); a shaft connected to a head and ending in a sharp tip meant to pierce one or more pieces of soft materials like cloth or paper (the straight or push pin); a single strip of a rigid but flexible material (e.g. a wire) whose length has been folded into parallel prongs in such fashion that the middle length of each curves towards the other so that, when anything is inserted between them, they act as a clamp (e.g.

Pitnoun

A hole in the ground.

Pitnoun

(motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.

Pitnoun

(music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.

Pitnoun

A mine.

Pitnoun

(archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.

Pitnoun

(trading) A trading pit.

Pitnoun

The bottom part of something.

Pitnoun

(colloquial) Armpit.

Pitnoun

(aviation) A luggage hold.

Pitnoun

(countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.

Pitnoun

The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.

Pitnoun

The grave, or underworld.

Pitnoun

An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.

Pitnoun

Formerly, that part of a theatre, 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 theatre.

Pitnoun

(gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.

Pitnoun

(slang) A pit bull terrier.

Pitnoun

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Pitnoun

(slang) A mosh pit.

Pitnoun

A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.

Pitnoun

A shell in a drupe containing a seed.

Pitnoun

The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.

Pitnoun

(informal) A pit bull terrier.

Pitverb

(transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.

Pitverb

To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.

Pitverb

(transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.

Pitverb

To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

Pitverb

(transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

Pitnoun

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

Pitnoun

Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.

Pitnoun

A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.

Pitnoun

A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body

Pitnoun

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.

Pitnoun

An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.

Pitnoun

The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.

Pitverb

To place or put into a pit or hole.

Pitverb

To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.

Pitverb

To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.

Pitnoun

a sizeable hole (usually in the ground);

Pitnoun

a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

Pitnoun

the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed;

Pitnoun

a trap in the form of a concealed hole

Pitnoun

a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;

Pitnoun

lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

Pitnoun

a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

Pitverb

set into opposition or rivalry;

Pitverb

mark with a scar;

Pitverb

remove the pits from;

Pitnoun

a large hole in the ground.

Pitnoun

a large deep hole from which stones or minerals are quarried

Pitnoun

a coal mine

Pitnoun

a sunken area in a workshop floor allowing access to a car's underside.

Pitnoun

a low or wretched psychological state

Pitnoun

hell.

Pitnoun

a hollow or indentation in a surface.

Pitnoun

a small indentation left on the skin by a pustule or spot; a pockmark.

Pitnoun

an area at the side of a track where racing cars are serviced and refuelled

Pitnoun

an orchestra pit.

Pitnoun

the seating at the back of the stalls of a theatre.

Pitnoun

a part of the floor of a stock exchange in which a particular stock or commodity is traded

Pitnoun

an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

Pitnoun

a person's bed.

Pitnoun

a person's armpit.

Pitnoun

the stone of a fruit.

Pitverb

set someone or something in conflict or competition with

Pitverb

set an animal to fight against (another animal) for sport

Pitverb

make a hollow or indentation in the surface of

Pitverb

sink in or contract so as to form a pit or hollow.

Pitverb

drive a racing car into the pits for fuel or maintenance

Pitverb

remove the pit from (fruit).