Definitions of field
British English : field In a game of cricket, baseball, or rounders, the team that is fielding is trying to catch the ball, while the other team is trying to hit it. VERBWhen we are fielding, the umpires keep looking at the ball.
noun
- an open tract of uncultivated grassland; meadow related adjective campestral
- a piece of land cleared of trees and undergrowth, usually enclosed with a fence or hedge and used for pasture or growing crops ⇒ a field of barley
- a limited or marked off area, usually of mown grass, on which any of various sports, athletic competitions, etc, are held ⇒ a soccer field
- an area that is rich in minerals or other natural resources ⇒ a coalfield
- short for battlefield , airfield
- the mounted followers that hunt with a pack of hounds
- all the runners in a particular race or competitors in a competition the runners in a race or competitors in a competition excluding the favourite
- all the runners in a particular race or competitors in a competition
- the runners in a race or competitors in a competition excluding the favourite
- (cricket ) the fielders collectively, esp with regard to their positions
- a wide or open expanse ⇒ a field of snow
- an area of human activity ⇒ the field of human knowledge a sphere or division of knowledge, interest, etc ⇒ his field is physics
- an area of human activity ⇒ the field of human knowledge
- a sphere or division of knowledge, interest, etc ⇒ his field is physics
- a place away from the laboratory, office, library, etc, usually out of doors, where practical work is done or original material or data collected (as modifier) ⇒ a field course
- a place away from the laboratory, office, library, etc, usually out of doors, where practical work is done or original material or data collected
- (as modifier) ⇒ a field course
- the surface or background, as of a flag, coin, or heraldic shield, on which a design is displayed
- Also called : field of view . the area within which an object may be observed with a telescope, microscope, etc
- (physics ) See field of force a region of space that is a vector field a region of space under the influence of some scalar quantity, such as temperature
- See field of force
- a region of space that is a vector field
- a region of space under the influence of some scalar quantity, such as temperature
- (mathematics ) a set of entities subject to two binary operations, addition and multiplication, such that the set is a commutative group under addition and the set, minus the zero, is a commutative group under multiplication and multiplication is distributive over addition
- (mathematics , logic ) the set of elements that are either arguments or values of a function; the union of its domain and range
- (computing ) a set of one or more characters comprising a unit of information a predetermined section of a record
- a set of one or more characters comprising a unit of information
- a predetermined section of a record
- (television ) one of two or more sets of scanning lines which when interlaced form the complete picture
- (obsolete ) the open country ⇒ beasts of the field
- See hold the field
- See in the field
- See lead the field
- See leave the field
- See take the field
- See play the field
- (modifier) (military ) of or relating to equipment, personnel, etc, specifically designed or trained for operations in the field ⇒ a field gun , a field army
- all the runners in a particular race or competitors in a competition
- the runners in a race or competitors in a competition excluding the favourite
- an area of human activity ⇒ the field of human knowledge
- a sphere or division of knowledge, interest, etc ⇒ his field is physics
- a place away from the laboratory, office, library, etc, usually out of doors, where practical work is done or original material or data collected
- (as modifier) ⇒ a field course
- See field of force
- a region of space that is a vector field
- a region of space under the influence of some scalar quantity, such as temperature
- a set of one or more characters comprising a unit of information
- a predetermined section of a record
verb
- (transitive) (sport ) to stop, catch, or return (the ball) as a fielder
- (transitive) (sport ) to send (a player or team) onto the field to play
- (intransitive) (sport ) (of a player or team) to act or take turn as a fielder or fielders
- (transitive) (military ) to put (an army, a unit, etc) in the field
- (transitive) to enter (a person) in a competition ⇒ each party fielded a candidate
- (transitive) (informal ) to deal with or handle, esp adequately and by making a reciprocal gesture ⇒ to field a question
noun
- John. 1782–1837, Irish composer and pianist, lived in Russia from 1803: invented the nocturne
noun
- a high rocky plateau with little vegetation in Scandinavian countries