pits in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.pit1 [Am pɪt, Brit pɪt] N

II.pit1 <pres part pitting; pt, pp pitted> [Am pɪt, Brit pɪt] VB trans (mark)

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I.pit2 [Am pɪt, Brit pɪt] N (in fruit)

II.pit2 [Am pɪt, Brit pɪt] VB trans

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open-pit [Am ˈoʊpən pɪt, Brit] ADJ Am

pit against VB [Am pɪt -, Brit pɪt -] (v + o + prep + o)

pit-a-pat [Am ˈpɪdəˌpæt, Brit pɪtəˈpat] N ADV VB intr

pit-a-pat → pitter-patter

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I.pitter-patter [Am ˈpɪdərˌpædər, Brit ˈpɪtəpatə] N (of rain)

II.pitter-patter [Am ˈpɪdərˌpædər, Brit ˈpɪtəpatə] ADV

III.pitter-patter [Am ˈpɪdərˌpædər, Brit ˈpɪtəpatə] VB intr

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pits in the PONS Dictionary

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I.pit2 [pɪt] Am N (of fruit)

II.pit2 [pɪt] Am VB trans -tt- FOOD

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I.pit-a-pat [ˌpɪtəˈpæt, Am ˈpɪt̬əpæt] ADV

II.pit-a-pat [ˌpɪtəˈpæt, Am ˈpɪt̬əpæt] N

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pits Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

his heart went pit-a-pat
su corazón empezó a palpitar a gran velocidad
in the pit of the stomach
en la boca del estómago
to go down the pit
bajar a las minas
to work in the pits
trabajar en las minas
the pits pl fig inf
lo peor
the pits pl SPORTS
los boxes
a bottomless pit fig
un pozo sin fondo
she is a bottomless pit
tiene la solitaria
this village is the pits, nobody knows where the cinema is
este pueblo es la monda, nadie sabe dónde está el cine
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In the 1870s, three coal pits were opened and almost 500 miners were employed.
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Silage pits and clamps are covered with plastic sheets, while bales are wrapped in plastic stretch-film in order to store the forage under air-free conditions.
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Home owners are always griping about how their houses are money pits.
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The adversarial system is the two-sided structure under which criminal trial courts operate that pits the prosecution against the defense.
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There is also hot pits for 38 cars, 105 polished cement pit stalls, and a 10acre m2 campground with elevated motor home parking.
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In those outcroppings researchers could find pottery shards, primitive metal smelting pits, and other archeological detritus.
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It had a dirt skin infield on the basepaths for baseball through 1972, until converted to sliding pits at the bases for 1973.
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Gem pits common site in the surrounding area.
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The primitive mining techniques, and limited ability to pump out water meant many pits had short lifespans.
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During the race, there are pits in which players must stop in order to refuel.
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