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pit (n):
a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

pit (n):
lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

pit (n):
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
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a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'

pit (n):
a trap in the form of a concealed hole

pit (n):
(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

pit (n):
(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on

pit (n):
an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

pit (n):
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
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Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell.
a demon from the depths of the pit.
Hell is paved with good intentions

pit (n):
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
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they dug a pit to bury the body

pit (n):
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
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you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking

pit (n):
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

pit (v):
remove the pits from
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pit plums and cherries

pit (v):
set into opposition or rivalry
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let them match their best athletes against ours.
pit a chess player against the Russian champion.
He plays his two children off against each other

pit (v):
mark with a scar
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The skin disease scarred his face permanently

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The early bird gets the worm

Sona kalan dona kalır.

If you wake up and get to work early, you will succeed. (Sometimes used to remark that someone is awake and working surprisingly early.

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