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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
pitted
    adj 1: pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) [syn:
           alveolate, faveolate, cavitied, honeycombed,
           pitted]

2. 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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3. 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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Thesaurus Results for Pitted:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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