[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pit \pit\, v. t. imp.  p. p. pitted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   pitting.
   1. to place or put into a pit or hole.
      1913 webster

            they lived like beasts, and were pitted like beasts,
            tumbled into the grave.               --t. grander.
      1913 webster

   2. to mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a
      face pitted by smallpox.
      1913 webster

   3. to introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a
      contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
      1913 webster
see also:
pitted pitting 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pit
     n 1: a sizeable hole usually in the ground; "they dug a pit to
          bury the body" syn: cavity
     2: a concavity in a surface especially an anatomical
        depression syn: fossa
     3: the hard inner usually woody layer of the pericarp of some
        fruits as peaches or plums or cherries or olives that
        contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from
        prunes before cooking" syn: stone, endocarp
     4: a trap in the form of a concealed hole syn: pitfall
     5: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a
        british term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" syn: quarry,
        stone pit
     6: lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra
        accompanies the performers syn: orchestra pit
     7: a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings
        and equipment connected with it syn: colliery
     v 1: set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best
          athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the
          russian champion"; "he plays his two children off
          against each other" syn: oppose, match, play off
     2: mark with a scar; "the skin disease scarred his face
        permanently" syn: scar, mark, pock
     3: remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" syn: stone
     also: pitting, pitted
see also:
cavity fossa stone endocarp pitfall quarry 
stone pit orchestra pit colliery oppose match 
play off scar mark pock pitting 
pitted 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pitting
     n : the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of
         corrosion syn: roughness, indentation
see also:
roughness indentation 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pitting
     see pit
see also:
pit 

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