field

noun

1. 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.”

2. (plural-normally)A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.

   “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.”

3. 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.”

   “The castled crag of Drachenfels Frowns o’er the wide and winding Rhine Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine And hills all rich with blossomed trees And fields which promise corn and wine And scatter’d cities crowning these Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strew’d a scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with mo.”

   “Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.””

4. A region containing a particular mineral.

   “an oil field; a gold field”

5. An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
6. A place where competitive matches are carried out.

   “Tarry, sweet soul, for mine; then fly abreast, As in this glorious and well-foughten field We kept together in our chivalry!”

   “[…] What though the field be lost? All is not lost; th’ unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield, And what is else not to be overcome; That glory never shall his wrath or might!”

7. A place where competitive matches are carried out.

   “soccer field”

   “Substitutes are only allowed onto the field after their boots are checked.”

8. (obsolete)A place where competitive matches are carried out.
9. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
10. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
11. A place where competitive matches are carried out.

    “Dr. Finn understood enough of elections for Parliament, and of the nature of boroughs, to be aware that a candidate’s chance of success is very much improved by being early in the field.”

12. (metonymically)A place where competitive matches are carried out.

    “This racehorse is the strongest in a weak field.”

13. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.

    “magnetic field; gravitational field; scalar field”

14. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.

    “field of view”

15. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.

    “The design needs to be field-tested before we commit to manufacture.”

    “Field work traditionally distinguishes true archaeologists from armchair archaeologists.”

    “He needs some time in the field before his judgment can be trusted.”

16. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.

    “As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.”

    “He was an expert in the field of Chinese history.”

17. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.

    “Tidings had reached her of this and the other man’s success, and,—coming near to her still,—of this and that other woman’s earnings in literature. And it had seemed to her that, within moderate limits, she might give a wide field to her hopes.”

18. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.

    “The set of rational numbers, #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;, is the prototypical field.”

19. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.

    “The field of the arms (shield), which is vert (green), represents the open country of Great Britain.”

20. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
21. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
22. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.

    “The form has fields for each element of the customer's home address and shipping address.”

    “PHP 5 Forms Required Fields at W3Schools From the validation rules table on the previous page, we see that the "Name", "E-mail", and "Gender" fields are required. These fields cannot be empty and must be filled out in the HTML form.”

23. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
24. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.

    “Read-only fields allow you to establish a point of data whose value is not known at compile time, but that should never change once established.”

25. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
26. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic form of fielder.

    “The manager should always choose his own Eleven; and, we have already hinted that fielding, rather than batting, is the qualification. A good field is sure to save runs, though the best batsman may not make any.”

verb

1. (transitive)To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
2. (intransitive)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.”

3. (transitive)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.”

4. (transitive)To answer; to address.

   “She will field questions immediately after her presentation.”

5. (transitive)To execute research (in the field).

   “He fielded the marketing survey about the upcoming product.”

6. (transitive)To deploy in the field.

   “to field a new land-mine detector”

name

1. 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.”

2. A community near Field Hill within Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada, named after Cyrus West Field.
3. A community in West Nipissing, Northeastern Ontario, Canada.
4. An unincorporated community in Bell County, Kentucky, United States.
5. A neighbourhood of Nokomis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
6. A locality in Coorong council area, south-east South Australia.
7. A hamlet in Eardisley parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3050).
8. A neighbourhood in Shepton Mallet parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6142).
9. A hamlet in Leigh parish, East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0233).