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a place where planes take off and land

catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket

a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field"

all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event

(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"

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

all of the horses in a particular horse race

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"

a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa"

select (a team or individual player) for a game; "The Patriots fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"

answer adequately or successfully; "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"

play as a fielder

a place where planes take off and land

catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket

a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field"

all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event

(horse racing) all of the horses in a particular race

(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"

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

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

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

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

An open space; an extent; an expanse.

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

The space covered by an optical instrument at one view.

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).

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

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

To take the field.

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

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

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

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

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

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

An open space; an extent; an expanse.

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

The space covered by an optical instrument at one view.

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).

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

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

To take the field.

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

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

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

A piece of land inclosed for tillage or pasture; open country; a region yielding some natural product; a region yielding some natural product; site of a battle; sphere of action; a wide expanse; space within which telescopic or microscopic objects are viewed; outdoor work; in heraldry, the surface of the shleld; the ground upon which a game is played.

To catch or stop and return to the wicket-keeper, as a ball at cricket, etc.

To act as a fielder in baseball or cricket.

Country or open country in general; a piece of ground inclosed for tillage or pasture; the locality of a battle; the battle itself; room for action of any kind; a wide expanse; (her.) the surface of a shield; the background on which figures are drawn.

To take to the field; in cricket and base-ball, to be one of the field whose duty is to watch the ball as it is driven by the batsman, and endeavor to put him out either by catching it before it reach the ground, or by recovering it rapidly and returning it to the infield.

In cricket and base-ball, to catch or stop and return to the infield; as, to field a ball.

Open ground; inclosed land; place of a battle; battle; space for action; expanse.

A large piece of land enclosed.

A region; open expanse; the open country.

A sphere of action; battle - ground; battle.

Any definite circumscribed area.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, German] Cleared land;—any part of a farm inclosed for tillage or pasture;—ground not inclosed; the country;—a cleared space or plain where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself;—an open space of any kind; a wide extent; an expanse;- the surface of the shield; hence, any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected.

Ground not inhabited, not built on; cultivated tract of ground; the open country, opposed to quarters; the ground of battle; the ground occupied by an army; a wide expanse ; space, compass, extent; in heraldry, the surface of a field.