June 2024

Definition (verb): comment on music to be played Example: He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend »

Definition (verb): comment on music to be played Example: He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend »

Definition (verb): compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music Example: Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky’s music Definition (verb): plan and oversee the development and details of Example: The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed »

Definition (verb): earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages Example: How much do you make a month in your new job? Definition (verb): earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages Example: She earns a lot in her new job Definition (verb): earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages Example: this merger brought … »

Definition (verb): form the substance of Example: Greed and ambition composed his personality Definition (verb): write music Example: Beethoven composed nine symphonies Definition (verb): produce a literary work Example: She composed a poem Definition (verb): produce a literary work Example: He wrote four novels Definition (verb): put together out of existing material Example: compile a list Defin… »

Definition (verb): go together Example: The colors don’t harmonize Definition (verb): go together Example: Their ideas concorded Definition (verb): write a harmony for Definition (verb): sing or play in harmony Definition (verb): bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously Example: harmonize the different interests Definition (verb): bring into consonance or accord Example:… »

Definition (verb): go together Example: The colors don’t harmonize Definition (verb): go together Example: Their ideas concorded Definition (verb): write a harmony for Definition (verb): sing or play in harmony Definition (verb): bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously Example: harmonize the different interests Definition (verb): bring into consonance or accord Example:… »

Definition (verb): lower (one’s body) as by kneeling Example: Get down on your knees! Definition (verb): move something or somebody to a lower position Example: take down the vase from the shelf Definition (verb): alight from (a horse) Definition (verb): pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking Example: Swallow the raw fish–it won’t kill you! Definition (verb): lo… »

Definition (verb): make an inversion (in a musical composition) Example: here the theme is inverted Definition (verb): reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of Example: when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb Definition (verb): turn inside out or upside down »

Definition (verb): make flat or flatter Example: flatten a road Definition (verb): make flat or flatter Example: flatten your stomach with these exercises Definition (verb): become flat or flatter Example: The landscape flattened Definition (verb): lower the pitch of (musical notes) »

Definition (verb): move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance Example: My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio »

Definition (verb): be fully aware or cognizant of Definition (verb): perceive (an idea or situation) mentally Example: Now I see! Definition (verb): perceive (an idea or situation) mentally Example: I just can’t see your point Definition (verb): perceive (an idea or situation) mentally Example: Does she realize how important this decision is? Definition (verb): perceive (an idea or situation… »

Definition (verb): move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance Example: My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio »

Definition (verb): cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place Example: set down your bags here Definition (verb): put in a horizontal position Example: lay the books on the table Definition (verb): put in a horizontal position Example: lay the patient carefully onto the bed Definition (verb): cause to come to the ground Example: the pilot managed to land the airplane safely Definiti… »

Definition (verb): change the key of, in music Example: modulate the melody Definition (verb): vary the pitch of one’s speech Definition (verb): fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of Example: regulate the temperature Definition (verb): fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of Example: modulate the pitch Definition (verb): adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of Definition… »

Definition (verb): comment on music to be played Example: He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend »

Definition (verb): comment on music to be played Example: He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend »

Definition (verb): compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music Example: Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky’s music Definition (verb): plan and oversee the development and details of Example: The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed »

Definition (verb): earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages Example: How much do you make a month in your new job? Definition (verb): earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages Example: She earns a lot in her new job Definition (verb): earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages Example: this merger brought … »

Definition (verb): form the substance of Example: Greed and ambition composed his personality Definition (verb): write music Example: Beethoven composed nine symphonies Definition (verb): produce a literary work Example: She composed a poem Definition (verb): produce a literary work Example: He wrote four novels Definition (verb): put together out of existing material Example: compile a list Defin… »

Definition (verb): put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. Definition (verb): reach or come to rest Example: The bird landed on the highest branch Definition (verb): reach or come to rest Example: The plane landed in Istanbul Definition (verb): put or settle into a position Example: The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley Definition (verb): cause to sit or seat or be i… »

Definition (verb): put into notation, as of music or choreography Example: Nowadays, you can notate an entire ballet; in the old days, the steps had to be memorized »

Definition (verb): recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm Example: The rabbi chanted a prayer »

Definition (verb): repeat an earlier theme of a composition »

Definition (verb): go together Example: The colors don’t harmonize Definition (verb): go together Example: Their ideas concorded Definition (verb): write a harmony for Definition (verb): sing or play in harmony Definition (verb): bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously Example: harmonize the different interests Definition (verb): bring into consonance or accord Example:… »

Definition (verb): go together Example: The colors don’t harmonize Definition (verb): go together Example: Their ideas concorded Definition (verb): write a harmony for Definition (verb): sing or play in harmony Definition (verb): bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously Example: harmonize the different interests Definition (verb): bring into consonance or accord Example:… »

Definition (verb): lower (one’s body) as by kneeling Example: Get down on your knees! Definition (verb): move something or somebody to a lower position Example: take down the vase from the shelf Definition (verb): alight from (a horse) Definition (verb): pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking Example: Swallow the raw fish–it won’t kill you! Definition (verb): lo… »

Definition (verb): make an inversion (in a musical composition) Example: here the theme is inverted Definition (verb): reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of Example: when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb Definition (verb): turn inside out or upside down »

Definition (verb): make flat or flatter Example: flatten a road Definition (verb): make flat or flatter Example: flatten your stomach with these exercises Definition (verb): become flat or flatter Example: The landscape flattened Definition (verb): lower the pitch of (musical notes) »

Definition (noun): wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets »

Definition (verb): write (music) for (a text) »

Definition (verb): write out from speech, notes, etc. Example: Transcribe the oral history of this tribe Definition (verb): rewrite in a different script Example: The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated Definition (verb): rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended Definition (verb): make a phonetic transcription of Example: The anthropolo… »

Definition (verb): adjust for (better) functioning Example: tune the engine Definition (verb): adjust the pitches of (musical instruments) Example: My piano needs to be tuned »

Definition (verb): move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance Example: My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio »

Definition (verb): be fully aware or cognizant of Definition (verb): perceive (an idea or situation) mentally Example: Now I see! Definition (verb): perceive (an idea or situation) mentally Example: I just can’t see your point Definition (verb): perceive (an idea or situation) mentally Example: Does she realize how important this decision is? Definition (verb): perceive (an idea or situation… »

Definition (verb): move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance Example: My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio »

Definition (verb): cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place Example: set down your bags here Definition (verb): put in a horizontal position Example: lay the books on the table Definition (verb): put in a horizontal position Example: lay the patient carefully onto the bed Definition (verb): cause to come to the ground Example: the pilot managed to land the airplane safely Definiti… »

Definition (verb): change the key of, in music Example: modulate the melody Definition (verb): vary the pitch of one’s speech Definition (verb): fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of Example: regulate the temperature Definition (verb): fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of Example: modulate the pitch Definition (verb): adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of Definition… »

Definition (verb): comment on music to be played Example: He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend »

Definition (verb): comment on music to be played Example: He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend »

Definition (noun): the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

Definition (noun): (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

Definition (noun): a vendor’s position (especially on the sidewalk)

Example: he was employed to see that his paper’s news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors

Definition (noun): promotion by means of an argument and demonstration

Definition (noun): degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

Example: the roof had a steep pitch

Definition (noun): any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

Definition (noun): a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer

Definition (noun): a high approach shot in golf

Definition (noun): an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump

Definition (noun): abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

Example: the pitching and tossing was quite exciting

Definition (noun): the action or manner of throwing something

Example: his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor

Definition (verb): throw or toss with a light motion

Example: flip me the beachball

Definition (verb): throw or toss with a light motion

Example: toss me newspaper

Definition (verb): move abruptly

Example: The ship suddenly lurched to the left

Definition (verb): fall or plunge forward

Example: She pitched over the railing of the balcony

Definition (verb): set to a certain pitch

Example: He pitched his voice very low

Definition (verb): sell or offer for sale from place to place

Definition (verb): be at an angle

Example: The terrain sloped down

Definition (verb): heel over

Example: The tower is tilting

Definition (verb): heel over

Example: The ceiling is slanting

Definition (verb): erect and fasten

Example: pitch a tent

Definition (verb): throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball

Example: The pitcher delivered the ball

Definition (verb): hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin

Definition (verb): lead (a card) and establish the trump suit

Definition (verb): set the level or character of

Example: She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience

Definition (noun): United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945) »

Definition (noun): United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970) »

Definition (noun): United States composer of musicals (born in 1930) »

Definition (noun): United States jazz musician (1904-1943) »

Definition (noun): United States composer of musicals (born in 1930) »

Definition (noun): United States jazz musician (1904-1943) »

Definition (noun): United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990) »

Definition (noun): United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987) »

Definition (noun): United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990) »

Definition (noun): United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987) »

Definition (adjective): (used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure Definition (adjective): relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of a musical scale Example: isotonic tuning Definition (adjective): of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes Definition (adjective): of two or more muscles; having equal tension »

Definition (adjective): based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals Definition (adjective): based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music »

Definition (adjective): becoming greater or larger Example: increasing prices Definition (adjective): (music) increasing in tempo and/or volume »

Definition (adjective): becoming less or smaller Definition (adjective): (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume »