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

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 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 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

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

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 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

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.