pitcher
part of speech
noun (a pitcher, pitchers)
meaning for a pupil
1) A pitcher is a large jug with a handle and a lip for pouring drinks such as water, milk or juice (US: any jug; UK: often a big pottery jug). tree →
2) (sport) In baseball and softball, the pitcher is the player who throws the ball to the batter. tree →
3) A pitcher plant is a plant with jug-shaped leaves that trap and digest insects. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Rebekah offers water from her pitcher to Abraham's servant and his camels. The pitchers at Gideon's attack were broken to reveal the light and frighten Midian. Interpretation: The rabbis praise her kindness, which was the sign that she was the right wife for Isaac. Ecclesiastes' broken pitcher is read as a picture of death at the end of life. In the primary lessons: In maths, a pitcher holds a capacity (a 2-litre pitcher) in measuring problems. In US school life and sport, the pitcher is the key player in a baseball game. In science, pitcher plants are meat-eating plants. Old saying: "Little pitchers have big ears" means children hear more than adults think.
examples
- And she said: 'Drink, my lord'; and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. (Torah GEN.24.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the servant ran to meet her, and said: 'Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher.' (Torah GEN.24.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. (Torah GEN.24.46, JPS 1917) tree →
- The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! (Writings LAM.4.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them horns, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers. (Prophets JDG.7.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Before the silver cord is snapped asunder, and the golden bowl is shattered, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel falleth shattered, into the pit; (Writings ECC.12.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Please fill the pitcher with cold water. tree →
- A pitcher of lemonade stood on the picnic table. tree →
- The pitcher holds 2 litres; how many 250 ml cups can you fill? tree →
- Our team's pitcher threw three strikes in a row. tree →
- She wants to be the pitcher in the softball team. tree →
- A pitcher plant traps flies inside its slippery leaves. tree →
- Dad poured milk from the pitcher into our glasses. tree →
- So saying, she broke her pitcher and went home. tree →
note
Countable: pitchers. In British English "jug" is more common for drinks; "pitcher" sounds American. In baseball the pitcher throws, the batter hits, the catcher catches. Do not confuse with "picture".
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pitcher» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.