Having a hollow or indentation on the surface
“There is no cream in the world that can erase the pitted welts that disfigure me from the belly button down.”
Having a surface marked by pits
“After years of neglect, the pitted road was in desperate need of repair.”
Having cavities or cells like those of a honeycomb
Having slight depressions or pits
Past tense for to make a hollow or indentation in the surface of
“Because the vapor bubbles contain high energy, they etch, or pit, the surface of the metal they strike.”
Past tense for to set or play off one, or oneself, against another
“They strove to bring him face to face with, and to pit him against, his Freudian incarnation.”
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