noun
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
Harry shook his head, and wandered away miserable through the fields, and would not in these days even set his foot upon the soil of the park. “He was not going to intrude any farther,” he said to the rector. “You can come to church, at any rate,” his father said, “for he certainly will not be there while you are at the parsonage.” Oh yes, Harry would go to the church. “I have yet to understand that Mr. Prosper is owner of the church, and the path there from the rectory is, at any rate, open to the public;” for at Buston the church stands on one corner of the park.
I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.
A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
There were some cows grazing in a field.
A crop circle was made in a corn field.
A region containing a particular mineral.
an oil field; a gold field
An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
verb
To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
The blue team are fielding first, while the reds are batting.
To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.
On balance, it was harsh on Hearts, who had given as good as they got against their more-fancied opponents, who, despite not being at full strength, fielded a multi-million pound team.
To answer; to address.
She will field questions immediately after her presentation.
To execute research (in the field).
He fielded the marketing survey about the upcoming product.
name
A surname.
Her book includes an incisive discussion of misogyny on the New Right. [Laura K.] Field notes how “gynocracy” and “the longhouse” have become overwrought MAGA epithets for an unbearably feminized and pluralist society.
A community near Field Hill within Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada, named after Cyrus West Field.
A community in West Nipissing, Northeastern Ontario, Canada.
An unincorporated community in Bell County, Kentucky, United States.
A neighbourhood of Nokomis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.