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pit n. [
cavity] a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"
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pit v. [
oppose, match, play off] 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"
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pit v. [
scar, mark, pock] mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
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pit n. [
fossa] a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
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pit v. [
stone] remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
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