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
3.
a limited or marked off area, usually of mown grass, on which any of various sports, athletic competitions, etc, are held
a soccer field
4.
an area that is rich in minerals or other natural resources
a coalfield
5. short for battlefield, airfield
6.
the mounted followers that hunt with a pack of hounds
7.
a.
all the runners in a particular race or competitors in a competition
b.
the runners in a race or competitors in a competition excluding the favourite
8. cricket
the fielders collectively, esp with regard to their positions
9.
a wide or open expanse
a field of snow
10.
a.
an area of human activity
the field of human knowledge
b.
a sphere or division of knowledge, interest, etc
his field is physics
11.
a.
a place away from the laboratory, office, library, etc, usually out of doors, where practical work is done or original material or data collected
b.
(as modifier)
a field course
12.
the surface or background, as of a flag, coin, or heraldic shield, on which a design is displayed
13. Also called: field of view
the area within which an object may be observed with a telescope, microscope, etc
14. physics
a. field of force
b.
a region of space that is a vector field
c.
a region of space under the influence of some scalar quantity, such as temperature
15. 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
16. mathematics, logic
the set of elements that are either arguments or values of a function; the union of its domain and range
17. computing
a.
a set of one or more characters comprising a unit of information
b.
a predetermined section of a record
18. television
one of two or more sets of scanning lines which when interlaced form the complete picture
19. obsolete
the open country
beasts of the field
20. hold the field
21. in the field
22. lead the field
23. leave the field
24. take the field
25. play the field
26. (modifier) military
of or relating to equipment, personnel, etc, specifically designed or trained for operations in the field
a field gun
a field army
verb
27. (transitive) sport
to stop, catch, or return (the ball) as a fielder
28. (transitive) sport
to send (a player or team) onto the field to play
29. (intransitive) sport
(of a player or team) to act or take turn as a fielder or fielders
30. (transitive) military
to put (an army, a unit, etc) in the field
31. (transitive)
to enter (a person) in a competition
each party fielded a candidate
32. (transitive) informal
to deal with or handle, esp adequately and by making a reciprocal gesture
to field a question
Word origin
Old English feld; related to Old Saxon, Old High German feld, Old English fold earth, Greek platus broad