Field

Noun

 * 1) A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
 * There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.
 * 1) A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
 * There were some cows grazing in a field.
 * A crop circle was made in a corn field.
 * 1) The open country near or belonging to a city -- usually used in plural.
 * 2)  A region affected by a particular force.
 * magnetic field
 * 1) A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.
 * He was an expert in the field of Chinese history.
 * 1)  A set having two operations called addition and multiplication under both of which all the elements of the set are commutative and associative; for which multiplication distributes over addition; and for both of which there exist an identity element and an inverse element (except for the additive identity).
 * The set of rational numbers, $$\mathbb{Q}$$, is the prototypical field.
 * 1)  An area reserved for playing a game.
 * soccer field
 * Substitutes are only allowed onto the field after their boots are checked.
 * 1)  A region containing a particular mineral.
 * oil field or oilfield
 * gold field or goldfield
 * 1) An area that can be seen at a given time.
 * 2) A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
 * 3)  The background of the shield
 * 4)  An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.
 * 5)  The team in a match who is throwing the ball and trying to catch the ball hit by the other team (the bat).

Synonyms

 * (course of study or domain of knowledge): area, domain, sphere
 * (sports: area reserved for playing a game): course (for golf), court (for racquet sports), ground, pitch (for soccer, rugby, cricket)

Hyponyms

 * ordered field

Derived terms

 * center field
 * fielder
 * fielding
 * fieldwork
 * field marshal
 * field theory
 * finite field
 * field seam
 * infield


 * left field
 * number field
 * outfield
 * play the field
 * quadratic field
 * right field
 * scalar field
 * semantic field
 * splitting field
 * vector field

Verb

 * 1)  To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  To place a team in (a game).
 * The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.
 * 1)  To answer; to address.
 * She will field questions immediately after her presentation.

Synonyms

 * address, answer, deal with, respond to
 * address, answer, deal with, respond to
 * address, answer, deal with, respond to

Antonyms

 * bat

Verbs for Field
capture —; clothe —; crop —; deplete —; dominate —; double —; encumber —; entrench —; fence —; invade —; litter —; lord over —; pioneer —; plod across —; preempt —; replenish —; sow —; tap —; tramp across —; usurp —; wall —; — extends; — lies; — slumbers; — stretches.

Thesaurus
DMZ, academic discipline, academic specialty, aceldama, achievement, acreage, aerodrome, agora, air base, airdrome, airfield, airport, alerion, ambit, amphitheater, ample scope, animal charge, annulet, answer, applicants, applied science, arable, archery ground, area, arena, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, art, athletic field, auditorium, azure, back, backdrop, background, badminton court, bag, bailiwick, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baseball field, basketball court, baton, battle line, battle site, battlefield, battleground, bear garden, bearings, beat, bend, bend sinister, billet, billiard parlor, blank check, blazon, blazonry, block, border, borderland, bordure, bounds, bowl, bowling alley, bowling green, boxing ring, breadth, broad arrow, bull ring, cadency mark, campus, candidates, canton, canvas, carte blanche, catch, champaign, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief, cincture, circle, circuit, circus, classical education, clearance, clearing, clos, close, coat of arms, cockatrice, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, combat area, combat zone, common, compass, competition, competitor, competitors, concern, confine, confines, container, contender, contestant, continuum, coop, cope with, core curriculum, corn field, coronet, corrival, course, course of study, court, courtyard, crescent, crest, cricket ground, croft, croquet ground, croquet lawn, cross, cross moline, crown, cultivated land, cup of tea, curriculum, curtilage, deal with, delimited field, demesne, department, department of knowledge, device, diamond, difference, differencing, dimension, discipline, distance, division, domain, dominion, eagle, elbowroom, elective, emptiness, empty space, emulator, enclave, enclosure, enemy line, entrant, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, expanse, expansion, expertise, extension, extent, fairway, falcon, fess, fess point, field of battle, field of blood, field of inquiry, field of study, file, firing line, flanch, fleur-de-lis, floor, fold, football field, forte, forty, forum, free course, free hand, free play, free scope, fret, front line, full scope, full swing, fur, fusil, galactic space, garland, general education, general studies, glaciarium, golf course, golf links, grassland, green, greensward, gridiron, griffin, ground, gules, gym, gymnasium, gyron, hall, handle, hatchment, hayfield, heliport, helmet, hemisphere, heraldic device, hinterland, humanities, ice rink, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, infield, infinite space, interest, interstellar space, island, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, killing ground, kraal, label, land, landing, landing beach, landing field, latitude, lawn, lea, leeway, liberal arts, limits, line, line of battle, links, lion, list, lists, locale, long rope, long suit, lot, lozenge, main interest, major, maneuvering space, manipulate, manner, mantling, march, margin, marketplace, marshaling, martlet, mascle, mat, mead, meadow, measure, metal, metier, milieu, minor, mise-en-scene, motto, mullet, natural science, no holds barred, nombril point, nothingness, octofoil, ology, open forum, open space, or, orb, orbit, ordinary, orle, outer space, outfield, oval, paddy, palaestra, pale, paling, paly, parade ground, parcel of land, park, pasture, patch, pean, pen, pet subject, pheon, pick up, piece of land, pit, place, plat, platform, play, player, playground, playing field, playroom, plot, plot of ground, polo ground, pool hall, poolroom, port, possibilities, precinct, prize ring, proportion, proseminar, province, public square, pure science, purlieu, purpure, pursuit, purview, putting green, quad, quadrangle, quadrivium, quarter, quartering, racecourse, racket court, range, reach, real estate, realm, rear, refresher course, region, reply to, respond to, retrieve, return, rice paddy, ring, rink, rival, room, rope, rose, round, sable, saltire, scene, scene of action, scenery, science, scientific education, scope, scutcheon, sea room, seat of war, section, seminar, setting, shambles, shield, site, skating rink, soccer field, social science, space, spatial extension, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, sphere, spread, spread eagle, square, squared circle, squash court, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, stop, strength, stretch, strong point, study, style, subdiscipline, subject, subordinary, superficial extension, surface, sward, sweep, swing, technical education, technicality, technicology, technics, technology, tenne, tennis court, terrain, territory, the field, the front, theater, theater of operations, theater of war, thing, tilting ground, tiltyard, tincture, toft, tolerance, torse, track, tract, tressure, trivium, turf, type, unicorn, vair, vert, vier, vocation, void, walk, way, weakness, wheat field, wide berth, wreath, wrestling ring, yale, yard, zone of communications

Etymology
From, from feld:, from , from. Cognate with West Frisian fjild:, Dutch veld:, German Feld:, Swedish fält:, folde:. More at.

Noun

 * Albanian: fushë
 * Anglo-Norman:
 * Arabic: حقل
 * Arin:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: alor
 * Belarusian: поле
 * Bulgarian: поле, нива
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 田間, 田间,  野外,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: pole
 * Finnish: kenttä
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 原野, 畑, フィールド
 * Korean: 밭
 * Latvian: lauks, tīrums


 * Lithuanian: laukas
 * Macedonian: поле
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Old French:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: câmp
 * Russian:, , нива
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: поље
 * Roman: polje
 * Slovak: pole
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: поле
 * Vietnamese: cánh đồng
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish:


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: حقل
 * Armenian: դաշտ (dašt), հանդ (hand), արտ (art)
 * Central Atlas Tamazight:
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:,  田野
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: pastvina, pole
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: veld, akker , wei , weide , weiland
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: väli, põld, nurm
 * Finnish: laidun, pelto , vainio
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: שׁדה (Śadeh)
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:, ,
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 밭 (bat)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: lauks
 * Lithuanian: laukas
 * Norwegian: åker
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Polish: pastwisko, pole
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: achadh, blàr , dail , magh , mìn , raon
 * Serbian: pašnjak, polje
 * Slovene: pašnik, polje
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: చేను (chEnu), పొలం (polam)
 * Tetum: to'os, rai-luan, kampu
 * Yiddish:


 * Albanian: fushë
 * Armenian: դաշտ (dašt)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: שׁדה (Śadeh)
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 場,  界
 * Latvian: lauks
 * Lithuanian: laukas
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: raon
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Yiddish:


 * Albanian: fushë
 * Armenian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 领域
 * Croatian:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, , , terrein
 * Estonian: ala, valdkond, tegevusväli, tegevusala
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Ido: feldo
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 分野, 領域


 * Latvian: lauks, nozare
 * Lithuanian: sritis
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: domeniu, teren, sferă, câmp
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: raon
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: రంగం (rangam)
 * Yiddish:


 * Albanian: sferë, fushë
 * Armenian: դաշտ (dašt)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: (sóma)
 * Hebrew:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 体
 * Norwegian: kropp
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Albanian: fushë
 * Armenian: դաշտ (dašt)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bane, spilleplads
 * Dutch: veld, speelveld
 * Estonian: väljak, spordiväljak, mänguväljak
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Italian:


 * Latvian: laukums
 * Lithuanian: aikštė
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: teren, câmp de joc
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: raon
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: (outdoors)
 * Yiddish:


 * Albanian: zonë
 * Danish:
 * Estonian: maardla, leiukoht
 * Finnish: kenttä, esiintymisalue


 * German: Lagerstätte, (particularly oil or gas)
 * Irish: ceantar
 * Norwegian:
 * Yiddish:


 * Danish:


 * Finnish: kenttä


 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: lahter
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: フィールド
 * Romanian: câmp, zonă de memorie
 * Swedish:


 * : camp
 * : agro
 * : câmp (1-7), teren  (3)


 * : campo (3,4); yacimiento  (6)
 * : cae (1), maes (1)
 * : (planasthai)
 * : flor

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Portuguese: ,


 * Finnish: olla ulkovuoro


 * Finnish: panna kentälle


 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish: vastata


 * püüdma ning tagasi lööma (1); võistluseks välja viima (2)

Anagrams

 * felid
 * filed
 * flied