pit
1. pit \'pit\ n [ME, fr. OE pytt; akin to OHG pfuzzi well] 1a: a hole,
shaft, or cavity in the ground 1b: an area often sunken or depressed below
the adjacent floor area : as 1b1: an enclosure in which animals are made
to fight each other 1b2: a space at the front of a theater for the
orchestra 1b3: an area in a securities or commodities exchange in which
members do tr ading 2: HELL - used with the 3: a hollow or indentation
esp. in the surface of an organism : as 3a: a natural hollow in the
surface of the body 3b: one of the indented scars left in the skin by a
pustular disease : MPOCKMARK 3c: a minute depression in the secondary wall
of a plant cell functioning i n the intercellular movement of water and
dissolved material
2. pit vb or pit.ted; or pit.ting 1a: to place, cast, bury, or store in a
pit 1b: to make pits in; esp : to scar or mark with pits 2a: to set (as
gamecocks) into or as if into a pit to fight 2b: to set into opposition or
rivalry : OPPOSE : to become marked with pits; esp : to preserve for a
time an ind entation made by pressure
3. pit n [D, fr. MD - more at PITH] : the stone of a drupaceous fruit
4. pit vt or pit.ted; or pit.ting : to remove the pit from