n. 1 hole, excavation, shaft, cavity, mine, mine-shaft, quarry, working, ditch, trench, trough Pits had been dug for the extraction of gravel 2 pothole, hollow, depression, dent, indentation, dimple, pock-mark His face was disfigured by the pits left by teenage acne 3 abyss, chasm, well, crevasse, crater We found a bottomless pit that led to the centre of the earth 4 the pits. awful, terrible, the worst, Slang lousy That TV show last night was the pits He thought that going to school was the pits.
v. 5 dent, pock-mark, dig, scar, hollow out, gouge The salt air has pitted the metal parts of my car 6 Often, pit against. match, oppose, set against; contrast Shirley doesn't stand a chance if they pit her against Maria