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field

Noun

∙ A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
∙ A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
∙ The open country near or belonging to a town or city—usually used in plural.
∙ A physical phenomenon, such as force, potential, or fluid velocity, that pervades a region.
∙ An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
∙ A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.
∙ The extent of a given perception.
∙ A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
∙ An area reserved for playing a game.
∙ A realm of practical, direct, or natural operation, contrasting with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
∙ A commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse. algebra
∙ A region containing a particular mineral. geology
∙ The background of the shield. heraldry
∙ The background of the flag. vexillology
∙ An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value. computing
∙ A component of a database record in which a single unit of information is stored.
∙ A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of characters.
∙ The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by the other team (the bat). baseball, obsolete
∙ The outfield. baseball
∙ An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
∙ All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.

Verb

∙ To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it. transitive, sports
∙ To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it. baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports
∙ To place a team in (a game). transitive, sports
∙ To answer; to address. transitive
∙ To defeat. transitive
∙ To execute research (in the field). transitive
∙ To deploy in the field. transitive, military

Field

Proper noun

∙ A surname.

BABYLON ENGLISH
field v.
go onto the field, take the field (about a sports team); receive the ball
area; domain, range; piece of land; area of open land planted with crops; space designated for an item of information in a record (Computers); surface; land designated for sports; composition of players; layer; area where a battle takes place; battle
of an open area of ground

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
field
field
\field\ (?), n. [oe. feld, fild, as. feld; akin to d. veld, g. feld, sw. f?lt, dan. felt, icel. fold field of grass, as. folde earth, land, ground, os. folda.]
1. cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.
2. a piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture. fields which promise corn and wine.
3. a place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself. in this glorious and well-foughten field. what though the field be lost?
4. an open space; an extent; an expanse. esp.: (a) any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected. (b) the space covered by an optical instrument at one view. without covering, save yon field of stars. ask of yonder argent fields above.
5. (her.) 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).
6. an unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room. afforded a clear field for moral experiments.
7. a collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.
8. (baseball) that part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.
note: field is often used adjectively in the sense of belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with reference to the operations and equipments of an army during a campaign away from permanent camps and fortifications. in most cases such use of the word is sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. a field geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes investigations or collections out of doors. a survey uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e., measurment, observations, etc., made in field work (outdoor operations). a farmer or planter employs field hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick. field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.
similar words(72)

field of force
field of view
field of vision
wheat field
field of magnetic force
visual field
key field
field of operation
force field
god`s field
track and field
radiation field
field of ice
to keep the field
field magnet
ball field
field marshal
paddy field
field mouse
field of battle
field line
field lupine
field madder
against the field
vent field
landing field
to bet on the field
internal field separators
right field
take the field
field staff
coal field
field vole
field wagtail
field of study
field-programmable gate array
athletic field
field plover
field spaniel
field sparrow
gold field
field officer
field pansy
field pennycress
left field
ice field
field day
field effect transistor
potter`s field
field garlic
field artillery
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@@field

field general
field cricket
field balm
flying field
field colors
european field elm
quantum field theory
subject field
field driver
field bindweed
field duck
field basil
field glass
zophim, field of
war field
to take the field
field lens
magnetic field
to back the field
field lark
tall field buttercup

WORDNET 2.0
field
Noun
1. a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"
(hypernym) tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
(hyponym) yard, grounds, curtilage
2. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
(synonym) battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor
(hypernym) tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
(hyponym) Armageddon
(part-meronym) battlefront, front, front line
3. somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected; "anthropologists do much of their work in the field"
(hypernym) region
4. a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
(synonym) discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
(hypernym) knowledge domain, knowledge base
(hyponym) occultism
5. the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
(synonym) field of force, force field
(hypernym) physical phenomenon
(hyponym) electric field
6. a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field"
(synonym) field of operation, line of business
(hypernym) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
7. a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
(synonym) sphere, domain, area, orbit, arena
(hypernym) environment
(hyponym) distaff
8. a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"
(synonym) playing field, athletic field, playing area
(hypernym) tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
(hyponym) arena, scene of action
(part-holonym) stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium
(part-meronym) midfield
9. extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
(synonym) plain, champaign
(hypernym) land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
(hyponym) Olympia
10. (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"
(hypernym) set
(hyponym) scalar field
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
11. a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
(synonym) field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations
(hypernym) region
(part-holonym) theater of war, theatre of war
(part-meronym) combat zone, combat area
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
12. all of the horses in a particular horse race
(hypernym) set
(classification) horse racing
13. all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
(hypernym) set
14. a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa"
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(hyponym) coalfield
15. (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
(hypernym) set
(hyponym) bit field
(classification) computer science, computing
16. the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
(synonym) field of view
(hypernym) visual percept, visual image
(hyponym) microscopic field
17. a place where planes take off and land
(synonym) airfield, landing field, flying field
(hypernym) facility, installation
(hyponym) airport, airdrome, aerodrome
(part-holonym) transportation system, transportation, transit
(part-meronym) apron
Verb
1. catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
(hypernym) handle, palm
(derivation) fielder, fieldsman
2. play as a fielder
(hypernym) play
(derivation) playing field, athletic field, playing area
(classification) sport, athletics
3. answer adequately or successfully; "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"
(hypernym) answer, reply, respond
4. select (a team or individual player) for a game; "The Patriots fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"
(hypernym) choose, take, select, pick out

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Field
Field may refer to:

Expanses of open groundField (agriculture)Cornfield, a field of cornPlaying field, used for sports or gamesLawn, mowed grass fieldMeadow, an untilled fieldAerodrome, an air field
See more at Wikipedia.org...

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

field

Noun

∙ A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
∙ A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
∙ The open country near or belonging to a town or city—usually used in plural.
∙ A physical phenomenon, such as force, potential, or fluid velocity, that pervades a region.
∙ An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
∙ A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.
∙ The extent of a given perception.
∙ A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
∙ An area reserved for playing a game.
∙ A realm of practical, direct, or natural operation, contrasting with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
∙ A commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse. algebra
∙ A region containing a particular mineral. geology
∙ The background of the shield. heraldry
∙ The background of the flag. vexillology
∙ An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value. computing
∙ A component of a database record in which a single unit of information is stored.
∙ A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of characters.
∙ The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by the other team (the bat). baseball, obsolete
∙ The outfield. baseball
∙ An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
∙ All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.

Verb

∙ To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it. transitive, sports
∙ To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it. baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports
∙ To place a team in (a game). transitive, sports
∙ To answer; to address. transitive
∙ To defeat. transitive
∙ To execute research (in the field). transitive
∙ To deploy in the field. transitive, military

Field

Proper noun

∙ A surname.

BABYLON ENGLISH
field v.
go onto the field, take the field (about a sports team); receive the ball
area; domain, range; piece of land; area of open land planted with crops; space designated for an item of information in a record (Computers); surface; land designated for sports; composition of players; layer; area where a battle takes place; battle
of an open area of ground

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
field
field
\field\ (?), n. [oe. feld, fild, as. feld; akin to d. veld, g. feld, sw. f?lt, dan. felt, icel. fold field of grass, as. folde earth, land, ground, os. folda.]
1. cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.
2. a piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture. fields which promise corn and wine.
3. a place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself. in this glorious and well-foughten field. what though the field be lost?
4. an open space; an extent; an expanse. esp.: (a) any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected. (b) the space covered by an optical instrument at one view. without covering, save yon field of stars. ask of yonder argent fields above.
5. (her.) 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).
6. an unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room. afforded a clear field for moral experiments.
7. a collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.
8. (baseball) that part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.
note: field is often used adjectively in the sense of belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with reference to the operations and equipments of an army during a campaign away from permanent camps and fortifications. in most cases such use of the word is sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. a field geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes investigations or collections out of doors. a survey uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e., measurment, observations, etc., made in field work (outdoor operations). a farmer or planter employs field hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick. field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.
similar words(72)

field of force
field of view
field of vision
wheat field
field of magnetic force
visual field
key field
field of operation
force field
god`s field
track and field
radiation field
field of ice
to keep the field
field magnet
ball field
field marshal
paddy field
field mouse
field of battle
field line
field lupine
field madder
against the field
vent field
landing field
to bet on the field
internal field separators
right field
take the field
field staff
coal field
field vole
field wagtail
field of study
field-programmable gate array
athletic field
field plover
field spaniel
field sparrow
gold field
field officer
field pansy
field pennycress
left field
ice field
field day
field effect transistor
potter`s field
field garlic
field artillery
Next >>
@@field

field general
field cricket
field balm
flying field
field colors
european field elm
quantum field theory
subject field
field driver
field bindweed
field duck
field basil
field glass
zophim, field of
war field
to take the field
field lens
magnetic field
to back the field
field lark
tall field buttercup

WORDNET 2.0
field
Noun
1. a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"
(hypernym) tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
(hyponym) yard, grounds, curtilage
2. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
(synonym) battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor
(hypernym) tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
(hyponym) Armageddon
(part-meronym) battlefront, front, front line
3. somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected; "anthropologists do much of their work in the field"
(hypernym) region
4. a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
(synonym) discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
(hypernym) knowledge domain, knowledge base
(hyponym) occultism
5. the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
(synonym) field of force, force field
(hypernym) physical phenomenon
(hyponym) electric field
6. a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field"
(synonym) field of operation, line of business
(hypernym) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
7. a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
(synonym) sphere, domain, area, orbit, arena
(hypernym) environment
(hyponym) distaff
8. a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"
(synonym) playing field, athletic field, playing area
(hypernym) tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
(hyponym) arena, scene of action
(part-holonym) stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium
(part-meronym) midfield
9. extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
(synonym) plain, champaign
(hypernym) land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
(hyponym) Olympia
10. (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"
(hypernym) set
(hyponym) scalar field
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
11. a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
(synonym) field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations
(hypernym) region
(part-holonym) theater of war, theatre of war
(part-meronym) combat zone, combat area
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
12. all of the horses in a particular horse race
(hypernym) set
(classification) horse racing
13. all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
(hypernym) set
14. a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa"
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(hyponym) coalfield
15. (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
(hypernym) set
(hyponym) bit field
(classification) computer science, computing
16. the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
(synonym) field of view
(hypernym) visual percept, visual image
(hyponym) microscopic field
17. a place where planes take off and land
(synonym) airfield, landing field, flying field
(hypernym) facility, installation
(hyponym) airport, airdrome, aerodrome
(part-holonym) transportation system, transportation, transit
(part-meronym) apron
Verb
1. catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
(hypernym) handle, palm
(derivation) fielder, fieldsman
2. play as a fielder
(hypernym) play
(derivation) playing field, athletic field, playing area
(classification) sport, athletics
3. answer adequately or successfully; "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"
(hypernym) answer, reply, respond
4. select (a team or individual player) for a game; "The Patriots fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"
(hypernym) choose, take, select, pick out

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Field
Field may refer to:

Expanses of open groundField (agriculture)Cornfield, a field of cornPlaying field, used for sports or gamesLawn, mowed grass fieldMeadow, an untilled fieldAerodrome, an air field
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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