Pitted - English meaning

verb

Spoil the appearance or quality of (something).

Usage examples:

His reign as world champion has been blemished by controversy

noun

A small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something.

Usage examples:

The girl's hands were without a blemish

adjective

(of a surface) uneven, with many patches raised above the rest.

Usage examples:

The car jolted on the bumpy road

adjective

Rough or uneven

Usage examples:

We drove along bumpy dirt roads for hours.

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

Mark with a dent.

Usage examples:

He hit a concrete bollard, denting the wing

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

noun

A reduction in amount or size.

Usage examples:

He has barely made a dent in the poverty rate

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 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

Something that is holey has holes in it

Usage examples:

He had to patch his holey trainers with duct tape until he had the money to buy himself a new pair.…

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

adjective

Divided or edged with a zigzag line.

Usage examples:

Ermine on a chief indented gules (red) three crosses wavy or (gold).

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

verb

Make a dent or impression in (something).

Usage examples:

Use a stylus to indent the leather

adjective

Having a visible mark or marking.

Usage examples:

A houseplant with beautifully marked, dark green leaves

verb

Make a visible impression or stain on.

Usage examples:

He fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it

adjective

Obvious or noticeable

Usage examples:

There was a marked improvement in my health when i started exercising., eyewitness accounts differe…

adjective

Having small hollows on the skin, esp. on the face

Usage examples:

A pockmarked face, a pockmarked wall

adjective

Covered or disfigured with pockmarks.

Usage examples:

A pockmarked face

verb

Cover or disfigure with pockmarks.

Usage examples:

The area is pockmarked by gravel pits

adjective

Afflicted with pockmarks.

Usage examples:

He turned his pocky face toward us

adjective

(of skin or people) covered in spots or pockmarks (= marks left by spots)

Usage examples:

Pocky skin, pocky teenagers

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

verb

Produce potholes in (the ground).

Usage examples:

The road is being torn up and potholed by passing trucks

adjective

(of a road surface) having depressions or hollows caused by wear or sinking.

Usage examples:

They drove slowly on potholed roads

adjective

A potholed road contains lots of potholes

Usage examples:

The house is situated in the middle of a wood at the end of a narrow potholed lane.

adjective

Having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.

Usage examples:

They had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground

adverb

In a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.

Usage examples:

Treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair

noun

A disreputable and violent person.

Usage examples:

The rear of the column was attacked by roughs

adjective

Having long deep tracks made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles.

Usage examples:

A gruelling drive on rutted dirt roads

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

adjective

If a surface is rutted, it has deep narrow marks in it made by wheels

Usage examples:

A deeply/badly rutted road

adjective

If ground is rutty, it is full of deep, narrow marks, especially marks made by a wheel

Usage examples:

The fields could only be crossed through rough and rutty wagon tracks., the track had been softened…

verb

Mark with a scar or scars.

Usage examples:

He is likely to be scarred for life after injuries to his face, arms, and legs

noun

A mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed.

Usage examples:

A faint scar ran the length of his left cheek

noun

A steep high cliff or rock outcrop, especially of limestone.

Usage examples:

High limestone scars bordered the road

adjective

Not level or smooth.

Usage examples:

The floors are cracked and uneven