Pit - English meaning

noun

A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.

Usage examples:

A rope led down into the dark abyss

noun

A very deep hole that seems to have no bottom

Usage examples:

The country is sinking/plunging into an abyss of violence and lawlessness., she found herself on th…

noun

A difficult situation that brings trouble or destruction

Usage examples:

The country is sinking/plunging into an abyss of violence and lawlessness., she found herself on th…

noun

An empty space within a solid object.

Usage examples:

The abdominal cavity

noun

A hole in a surface or a hollow inside something

Usage examples:

The abdominal/chest cavity

noun

A hole, or an empty space between two surfaces

Usage examples:

The gold was hidden in a secret cavity.

noun

A deep fissure in the earth's surface.

Usage examples:

A chasm a mile long

noun

A deep opening in earth or rock

Usage examples:

The little bridge over that deep chasm looked very unsafe.

noun

A very deep, narrow opening in rock, ice, or the ground

Usage examples:

They leaned over the rails and peered down into the dizzying chasm below.

noun

A large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on a celestial object, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite.

Usage examples:

The blast left a crater in the car park

verb

Form a crater in (the ground or a planet).

Usage examples:

Pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways

proper noun

A small and faint southern constellation (the cup), between hydra and leo, said to represent the goblet of apollo.

noun

A slight hollow in a hard even surface made by a blow or pressure.

Usage examples:

There was a hideous dent in the front passenger door

verb

Mark with a dent.

Usage examples:

He hit a concrete bollard, denting the wing

noun

A small, hollow mark in the surface of something caused by pressure or being hit

Usage examples:

She ran into my car and put a dent in it., i dented the table with my hammer.

verb

Make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected.

Usage examples:

That first day at school depressed me

verb

To cause someone to feel unhappy and without hope

Usage examples:

This weather depresses me., it depresses someone to do something it depresses me to think that i'll…

verb

To reduce the value of something in money

Usage examples:

Depress prices the high number of houses for sale is depressing prices., depress earnings the rise …

noun

A dent or hollow in a surface.

Usage examples:

The soft dints at the top of a coconut

verb

Mark (a surface) with dents or hollows.

Usage examples:

The metal was dull and dinted

noun

If something is done by dint of something else, it is done as a result of that thing

Usage examples:

She achieved her success by dint of hard work.

noun

A narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry away water.

Usage examples:

Their car went out of control and plunged into a ditch

verb

Provide with a ditch or ditches.

Usage examples:

He was praised for ditching the coastal areas

verb

A long narrow excavation in the earth

noun

The action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site.

Usage examples:

The methods of excavation have to be extremely rigorous

noun

The act of removing earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground in order to discover things about the past

Usage examples:

Excavation of three skulls and one full skeleton were discovered during the excavation of an egypti…

noun

The act of digging a hole or channel in the ground, especially with a machine

Usage examples:

The site has been undergoing demolition and excavation since august., excavation work construction …

noun

A deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth.

Usage examples:

The land companies began to dredge canals through the marshlands, opening easy access from the sett…

noun

An area of sea surrounded on three sides by land

Usage examples:

The gulf of mexico/the gulf coast, the gulf stream, there is a widening gulf between the rich and t…

noun

A very large area of sea surrounded on three sides by a coast

Usage examples:

The gulf of mexico

noun

A hollow place in a solid body or surface.

Usage examples:

The dog had dug a hole in the ground

verb

Make a hole or holes in.

Usage examples:

A fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started

noun

An empty space in an object, usually with an opening to the object's surface, or an opening that goes completely through an object

Usage examples:

Dig a hole we dug a hole and planted the tree., hole in my jumper's got a hole in it., drill a hole…

adjective

Having a hole or empty space inside.

Usage examples:

A hollow metal tube

noun

A hole or depression in something.

Usage examples:

A hollow at the base of a large tree

verb

Form by making a hole.

Usage examples:

A tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range

verb

Start (a line of text) or position (a block of text) further from the margin than the main part of the text.

Usage examples:

Type a paragraph of text and indent the first line

noun

An official order or requisition for goods.

Usage examples:

Hawthorn refused to approve the indent for silk scarves

verb

Make a dent or impression in (something).

Usage examples:

Use a stylus to indent the leather

noun

A small hard seed in a fruit.

Usage examples:

Place the fruit, rind and pips in a large bowl and cover with cold water.

noun

A star (one to three according to rank) on the shoulder of an army officer's uniform.

noun

A short high-pitched sound used especially to indicate the time on the radio or to instruct a caller using a public phone to insert more money.

noun

A deep natural underground cave formed by the erosion of rock, especially by the action of water.

Usage examples:

Bats spend the summer living in trees and buildings, and retreat to caves and potholes in winter, t…

verb

A depression or hollow in a road surface caused by wear or subsidence.

Usage examples:

He drove very cautiously over the potholes in the road

noun

A hole in the surface of a road caused by traffic and bad weather

noun

A long deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles.

Usage examples:

A stretch of road made impassable by ruts, holes, or waterlogging

verb

(of a deer or other mammal) engage in the rut or annual period of sexual activity.

Usage examples:

Researchers say the deer are rutting earlier

noun

A narrow channel, esp. one that has been unintentionally cut into the ground by a wheel

noun

The unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant.

Usage examples:

Cut open the peppers and remove the seeds

verb

Sow (land) with seeds.

Usage examples:

The shoreline is seeded with a special grass

noun

A small, usually hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow

Usage examples:

A good defense lawyer knows how to plant these little seeds of doubt in the minds of jurors., we se…

noun

A long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar.

Usage examples:

The shaft of a golf club

verb

(of light) shine in beams.

Usage examples:

Brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight

noun

Hard solid non-metallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material.

Usage examples:

The houses are built of stone

verb

Throw stones at.

Usage examples:

Three vehicles were stoned and torched

noun

The hard, solid substance found in the ground that is often used as a building material, or a small piece of this substance

Usage examples:

[ u ] the museum was made of stone., [ c ] he wore a ring with a black stone on his little finger.,…

noun

A long, narrow ditch.

Usage examples:

Dig a trench around the perimeter of the fire

verb

Dig a trench or trenches in (the ground).

Usage examples:

She trenched the terrace to a depth of 6 feet

noun

A narrow channel dug into the ground

Usage examples:

I dug a trench around the tent to keep rain water from getting in.

noun

A long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of.

Usage examples:

A water trough

verb

Eat greedily.

Usage examples:

The culprit turned out to be my dog, caught red-handed troughing into the berries when she thought …

noun

A narrow, open box to hold water or food for animals

Usage examples:

Investors have to live through stock market troughs.