pit

pit
1 noun
1 HOLE (C)
a) a hole in the ground, especially one made by digging: Dig a pit and bury the rubbish in it. | a sand pit | a barbecue pit
b) a large hole in the ground from which stones or minerals have been dug: a gravel pit
2 MARK (C)
a) a small hollow mark in the surface of something: There are tiny scratches and pits on the windshield.
b) a small hollow mark that is left on your face by some diseases, especially smallpox
3 MINE (C) a mine, especially a coal mine: We have no choice but to close unprofitable pits.
4 UNTIDY PLACE (C) spoken a house or room that is dirty, untidy, or in bad condition: No, we decided not to rent it - the place is an absolute pit!
5 be the pits usually spoken used to say that something is extremely bad: Rap music? That stuff is the pits!
6 in/at the pit of your stomach if you feel nervous, frightened etc at the pit of your stomach, you experience these emotions strongly, often as an unpleasant feeling in your stomach: a knot of fear in the pit of my stomach
7 CAR RACING the pit AmE, the pits BrE the place beside the track in a car race 1 (1) where cars can come in during a race to be quickly repaired
8 IN A GARAGE (C) a hole in the floor of a garage that lets you get underneath a car to repair it
9 IN FRUIT (C) AmE the single, large hard seed in some fruits; stone 1 (4): a peach pit
10 IN A THEATRE (C)
a) an orchestra pit
b) BrE old use the seats at the back of the ground floor of a theatre
11 the pit of despair/dismay/depression etc literary a situation in which you feel extremely sad and without hope
12 BUSINESS (C) AmE the area of a stock exchange where people buy and sell shares (share2 (5); floor 1 (8) BrE
13 BODY PART (C) AmE informal an armpit
14 the pit biblical hell 1 (3): cast into the pit of eternal damnation
2 verb past tense and past participle pitted
1 pit your wits against to compete with someone or something in a situation in which you need all your intelligence: Pit your wits against the Double or Dare computer!
2 (T) AmE to take out the single, hard seed inside some fruits; stone 1 (4)
3 (transitive usually passive) to put small marks or holes in the surface of something: Heavy rain had pitted and blurred the trail.
—see also: pitted pit sb/sth against sb/sth phrasal verb (T) to test your strength, ability, power etc against someone else: a chance to pit our strength against pro ball players pit sth out phrasal verb (T) AmE informal to sweat so much that your clothes become wet under your arms

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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