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field
(f/i/ld )

noun (n)

  • a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed(noun.location)
    Example:
    He planted a field of wheat.
    source: wordnet30
  • a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought(noun.location)
    Example:
    They made a tour of Civil War battlefields.
    Synonym:
    battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor
    source: wordnet30
  • somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected(noun.location)
    Example:
    Anthropologists do much of their work in the field.
    source: wordnet30
  • a branch of knowledge(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    bailiwick, discipline, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field
    source: wordnet30
  • the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it(noun.phenomenon)
    Synonym:
    field of force, force field
    source: wordnet30
  • a particular kind of commercial enterprise(noun.act)
    Example:
    They are outstanding in their field.
    Synonym:
    field of operation, line of business
    source: wordnet30
  • a particular environment or walk of life(noun.state)
    Synonym:
    area, arena, domain, orbit, sphere
    source: wordnet30
  • a piece of land prepared for playing a game(noun.location)
    Example:
    The home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field.
    Synonym:
    athletic field, playing area, playing field
    source: wordnet30
  • extensive tract of level open land(noun.object)
    Example:
    He longed for the fields of his youth.
    Synonym:
    champaign, plain
    source: wordnet30
  • (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(noun.group)
    Example:
    The set of all rational numbers is a field.
    source: wordnet30
  • a region in which active military operations are in progress(noun.location)
    Example:
    The army was in the field awaiting action.
    Synonym:
    field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations
    source: wordnet30
  • all of the horses in a particular horse race(noun.group)
    source: wordnet30
  • all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event(noun.group)
    source: wordnet30
  • a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found(noun.location)
    Example:
    The diamond fields of South Africa.
    source: wordnet30
  • (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information(noun.group)
    source: wordnet30
  • the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    field of view
    source: wordnet30
  • a place where planes take off and land(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    airfield, flying field, landing field
    source: wordnet30
  • Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket(verb.competition)
    source: wordnet30
  • play as a fielder(verb.competition)
    source: wordnet30
  • answer adequately or successfully(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The lawyer fielded all questions from the press.
    source: wordnet30
  • select (a team or individual player) for a game(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl.
    source: wordnet30
  • To take the field.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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