field
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
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.
(When coupled with a number used to define types of crop rotation, denoting the number of different crop types (and possibly fallow) that are used.)
(geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
A place where competitive matches are carried out.
A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
An area reserved for playing a game or race with one's physical force.
(baseball, obsolete) 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) The outfield.
A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favorites in the betting.
(physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
The extent of a given perception.
A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
An unrestricted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
(algebra) A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.
A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of symbols.
(heraldry) The background of the shield.
(vexillology) The background of the flag.
(numismatics) The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
(computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
(electronics, film, animation) Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
(archaic, cricket) Fielder.
(sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
(baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
(sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
To answer; to address.
To execute research (in the field).
(military) To deploy in the field.
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