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32 Definitions of: field

1. noun, an open tract of uncultivated grassland; meadow. Related adj campestral
2. noun, a piece of land cleared of trees and undergrowth, usually enclosed with a fence or hedge and used for pasture or growing crops
3. noun, a limited or marked off area, usually of mown grass, on which any of various sports, athletic competitions, etc, are held
4. noun, an area that is rich in minerals or other natural resources
5. noun, short for battlefield, airfield
6. noun, the mounted followers that hunt with a pack of hounds
7. noun, a) all the runners in a particular race or competitors in a competition b) the runners in a race or competitors in a competition excluding the favourite
8. noun, cricket the fielders collectively, esp with regard to their positions
9. noun, a wide or open expanse
10. noun, a) an area of human activity b) a sphere or division of knowledge, interest, etc
11. noun, a) a place away from the laboratory, office, library, etc, usually out of doors, where practical work is done or original material or data collected b) (as modifier)
12. noun, the surface or background, as of a flag, coin, or heraldic shield, on which a design is displayed
13. noun, Also called: field of view the area within which an object may be observed with a telescope, microscope, etc
14. noun, physics a)See field of force b) a region of space that is a vector field c) a region of space under the influence of some scalar quantity, such as temperature
15. noun, maths 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. noun, maths logic the set of elements that are either arguments or values of a function; the union of its domain and range
17. noun, computing a) a set of one or more characters comprising a unit of information b) a predetermined section of a record
18. noun, television one of two or more sets of scanning lines which when interlaced form the complete picture
19. noun, the open country
20. noun, hold or keep the field to maintain one's position in the face of opposition
21. noun, in the field a) military in an area in which operations are in progress b) actively or closely involved with or working on something (rather than being in a more remote or administrative position)
22. noun, lead the field to be in the leading or most pre-eminent position
23. noun, leave the field to back out of a competition, contest, etc
24. noun, take the field to begin or carry on activity, esp in sport or military operations
25. noun, play the field to disperse one's interests or attentions among a number of activities, people, or objects
26. noun, military of or relating to equipment, personnel, etc, specifically designed or trained for operations in the field
27. verb, sport to stop, catch, or return (the ball) as a fielder
28. verb, sport to send (a player or team) onto the field to play
29. verb, sport (of a player or team) to act or take turn as a fielder or fielders
30. verb, military to put (an army, a unit, etc) in the field
31. verb, to enter (a person) in a competition
32. verb, to deal with or handle, esp adequately and by making a reciprocal gesture
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Synonyms:	environment, green, discipline, meadow, land, lea (poetic), pasture, mead (archaic), greensward (archaic literary), speciality	And more...

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