"pitched" meaning in English

See pitched in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɪt͡ʃt/ Audio: en-us-pitched.ogg [US] Forms: more pitched [comparative], most pitched [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪtʃt Head templates: {{en-adj}} pitched (comparative more pitched, superlative most pitched)
  1. Having a slope, whether shallow, steep, or intermediate.
    Sense id: en-pitched-en-adj-6aBV1DMo Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  2. (not comparable) Having a specified tonal range. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-pitched-en-adj-0d5LJCn-
  3. (of a battle, fight, etc) Fought at a particular place and time, at which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; (later especially) involving sustained, intense military (or by extension, political, legal etc.) fighting.
    Sense id: en-pitched-en-adj-103RVlaS Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 10 53 8 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 7 73 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 6 80 4 0
  4. (not comparable) Covered in pitch. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-pitched-en-adj-T~M3uuIn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fever-pitched, high-pitched, low-pitched, pitched battle, pitched market, pitched roof, unpitched

Verb

IPA: /pɪt͡ʃt/ Audio: en-us-pitched.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪtʃt Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pitched
  1. simple past and past participle of pitch Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: pitch
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        "(not comparable) Having a specified tonal range."
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