pitted

[ pit-id ]

/ ˈpɪt ɪd /

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adjective

marked or scarred with pits: a pitted complexion.

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Origin of pitted

before 1050; Old English pytted (not found in ME); see pit¹, -ed³

Words nearby pitted

Pitt, pitta, pitta bread, Pittacus, pittance, pitted, pitter-patter, pitting, pittosporum, Pitt-Rivers, Pittsburg

Other definitions for pitted (2 of 2)

pitted²

[ pit-id ]

/ ˈpɪt ɪd /

adjective

(of fruit) having the pit removed: a pitted olive.

Origin of pitted

pit² + -ed²

How to use pitted in a sentence

One oft-cited study from 2008 pitted oil pulling against chlorhexidine mouthwash and found a reduction in mouth bacteria in both groups.
The truth about oil pulling, apple cider vinegar, and other trendy cleanses|Erin Blakemore|January 26, 2022|Popular-Science
Everything it amounts to is right there on its shallow, pitted surface.
Halloween Kills Sags Under the Weight of Its Own Mythology|Stephanie Zacharek|October 14, 2021|Time
As we coincidentally follow this stranger from stoplight to stoplight, crawling in rush-hour traffic, I ask myself what this soft, enlightened, expansive Rachel would do if it were the man who’d pitted and scarred me inside and out.
Can tripping on ketamine cure PTSD? I decided to try.|Corinne Iozzio|June 21, 2021|Popular-Science
Solidarity is harder, and people are pitted against one another.
The Hunger Games Economy|Jedediah Purdy|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And so again and again he pitted his own radiant confidence against some equal and opposite force.
How Tom Cruise Can Get His Groove Back|Andrew Romano|June 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Haven is not the first school that has pitted students versus the administration over spandex.
The Politics of Leggings in Middle School|Emily Shire|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He nearly died and his face was horribly pitted and scarred.
Yulia Tymoshenko: She's No Angel|Christopher Dickey|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His face is gory and pitted with deep shrapnel wounds and his injured hands drip blood on the rumpled woolen blankets.
Hezbollah and Assad Plan Offensive On Jihadists In Yabrud|Jamie Dettmer|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And in the final battle, when the feminine principle is pitted against the masculine, I fancy we shall know how to win the day.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The vesicles dry gradually, and between the fourteenth and twentieth days the scab falls off, leaving a pitted scar.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Willis was represented by the prince's party as a charlatan, and Warren was pitted against him as the doctor of the opposition.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
They were there to fight for France, but their minds could not grasp the significance of the enemy against whom they were pitted.
Private Peat|Harold R. Peat
As he spoke, Jack brought his Winchester to a level and sighted carefully at the pitted head of the serpent.
Two Boys in Wyoming|Edward S. Ellis

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