pitch

  • (noun): A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
  • (noun): A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
  • (noun): Pitchstone.
  • (verb): To cover or smear with pitch.
  • (verb): To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
  • It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.
  • It was pitch black because there was no moon.