1.
[syn: alveolate, faveolate, cavitied, honeycombed, pitted]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pitted \Pit"ted\ (p[i^]t"t[e^]d), a.
1. Marked with little pits, as in smallpox. See Pit, v. t.,
2.
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2. (Bot.) Having minute thin spots; as, pitted ducts in the
vascular parts of vegetable tissue.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pit \Pit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pitting.]
1. To place or put into a pit or hole.
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They lived like beasts, and were pitted like beasts,
tumbled into the grave. --T. Grander.
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2. To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a
face pitted by smallpox.
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3. To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a
contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pitted
adj 1: pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) [syn:
alveolate, faveolate, cavitied, honeycombed,
pitted]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "pitted":
alveolar, alveolate, broken, bumpy, choppy, coarse, coarse-grained,
corroded, corrugated, cross-grained, defaced, dented, depressed,
dimpled, engraved, eroded, faveolate, grainy, granulated, homespun,
honeycombed, horripilant, indented, inequal, irregular, jolty,
knobbed, linsey-woolsey, marred, nappy, notched, nubbly, nubby,
perforated, pierced, pily, pimply, pocked, pockmarked, pocky,
potholed, rank, ripply, rough, rough-cast, rough-grained,
rough-hewn, ruffled, rutted, rutty, shagged, shaggy, studded,
textured, uneven, unkempt, unlevel, unpolished, unrefined,
unsmooth, ununiform, wimpled