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Fields (fiːldz Pronunciation for Fields ) 

Definitions

noun

  1. Dame Gracie. real name Grace Stansfield. 1898–1979, English popular singer and entertainer
  2. W. C. real name William Claude Dukenfield. 1880–1946, US film actor, noted for his portrayal of comic roles

field (fiːld Pronunciation for field ) 

Definitions

noun

  1. an open tract of uncultivated grassland; meadow related adjective campestral
  2. 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
    1. all the runners in a particular race or competitors in a competition
    2. 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
    1. an area of human activity ⇒ the field of human knowledge
    2. a sphere or division of knowledge, interest, etc ⇒ his field is physics
    1. a place away from the laboratory, office, library, etc, usually out of doors, where practical work is done or original material or data collected
    2. (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)
    1. See field of force
    2. a region of space that is a vector field
    3. 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)
    1. a set of one or more characters comprising a unit of information
    2. 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. See hold the field

  21. See in the field

  22. See lead the field

  23. See leave the field

  24. See take the field

  25. See 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

  1. tr (sport) to stop, catch, or return (the ball) as a fielder
  2. tr (sport) to send (a player or team) onto the field to play
  3. intr (sport) (of a player or team) to act or take turn as a fielder or fielders
  4. tr (military) to put (an army, a unit, etc) in the field
  5. tr to enter (a person) in a competition ⇒ each party fielded a candidate
  6. tr (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

Synonyms

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= meadow, land, green, lea, pasture, mead, greensward
= pitch, park, ground, arena
= speciality, line, area, department, environment, territory, discipline, province, pale, confines, sphere, domain, specialty, sphere of influence, purview, metier, sphere of activity, bailiwick, sphere of interest, sphere of study
= line, reach, range, limits, bounds, sweep, scope
= competitors, competition, candidates, runners, applicants, entrants, contestants
= practical, applied, empirical
= deal with, answer, handle, respond to, reply to, deflect, turn aside
= play, put up
= retrieve, return, stop, catch, pick up

fjeld or field (fjɛld Pronunciation for )

Definitions

noun

  1. a high rocky plateau with little vegetation in Scandinavian countries

Word Origin

C19: Norwegian; related to Old Norse fjall mountain; see fell5

Example Sentences Including 'Fields'

A tour will inevitably feature famous Beatles sights, including Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields.
Sun, News of the World (2001)
Again, like Seamus's Cide Fields , the Fengate fields were laid out to be used for livestock.
Francis Pryor BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans (2003)
As Fields rose in prestige, he continued to improve his "act.
Globe and Mail (2003)
But I learned then first that Gollum's ring came out of the Great River nigh to the Gladden Fields.
J.R.R. Tolkien THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2004)
In the fall, its clothing will be carried in about 100 Dillard and 15 Marshall Fields department stores in the United States.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Sweater, $360, by D&G, select Bloomingdale's; select Macy's West; and select Marshall Fields.
Maxim (2004)
The charity announced earlier this week that the Woolton home, immortalised in The Beatles ' song Strawberry Fields Forever, was to close.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2005)
You'll find him up by King George's Fields on the other side of the village.
Forsythe, Malcolm The Book Lady
`Mrs Lucas is being buried this evening at St Giles in the Fields.
Fidelis Morgan THE RIVAL QUEENS: A Countess Ashby de la Zouche Mystery (2002)

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