field

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

2. 2noun

   A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture.

3. 3noun

   A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.

4. 4noun

   An open space; an extent; an expanse.

5. 5noun

   Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected.

6. 6noun

   The space covered by an optical instrument at one view.

7. 7noun

   The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).

8. 8noun

   An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room.

9. 9noun

   A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.

10. 10noun

    That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.

11. 11intransitive verb

    To take the field.

12. 12intransitive verb

    To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball.

13. 13transitive verb

    To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder.

14. 14noun

    a particular kind of commercial enterprise

    "they are outstanding in their field"

15. 15noun

    a place where planes take off and land

    Synonyms

    airfield
16. 16noun

    the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)

17. 17noun

    a branch of knowledge

    "in what discipline is his doctorate?"

    "teachers should be well trained in their subject"

    Synonyms

    bailiwickdisciplinestudysubject
18. 18noun

    all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event

19. 19noun

    all of the horses in a particular horse race

20. 20noun

    (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1

    "the set of all rational numbers is a field"

21. 21noun

    (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information

22. 22noun

    a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought

    "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"

    Synonyms

    battlefieldbattleground
23. 23noun

    a region in which active military operations are in progress

    "the army was in the field awaiting action"

    "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"

    Synonyms

    theatertheatre
24. 24noun

    somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected

    "anthropologists do much of their work in the field"

25. 25noun

    a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

    "he planted a field of wheat"

26. 26noun

    a piece of land prepared for playing a game

    "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"

27. 27noun

    a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found

    "the diamond fields of South Africa"

28. 28noun

    extensive tract of level open land

    "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"

    "he longed for the fields of his youth"

    Synonyms

    champaignplain
29. 29noun

    the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it

30. 30noun

    a particular environment or walk of life

    "his social sphere is limited"

    "it was a closed area of employment"

    Synonyms

    areaarenadomainorbitsphere
31. 31verb

    select (a team or individual player) for a game

    "The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"

32. 32verb

    answer adequately or successfully

    "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"

33. 33verb

    play as a fielder

34. 34verb

    catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket