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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FIELD, n.
1. A piece of land inclosed for tillage or pasture; any part of a farm, except the garden and appurtenances of the mansion; properly land not covered with wood, and more strictly applicable to tillage land than to mowing land, which is often called meadow. But we say, the master of the house is in the field with his laborers, when he is at a distance from his house on his farm. He is in the field, plowing, sowing, reaping or making hay.
2. Ground not inclosed.
3. The ground where a battle is fought.
We say, the field of battle; these veterans are excellent soldiers in the field.
4. A battle; action in the field.
What though the field be lost.
5. To keep the field, is to keep the campaign open; to live in tents, or to be in a state of active operations. At the approach of cold weather, the troops, unable to keep the field, were ordered into winter quarters.
6. A wide expanse.
Ask of yonder argent fields above.
7. Open space for action or operation; compass; extent. This subject opens a wide field for contemplation.
8. A piece or tract of land.
The field I give thee and the cave that is therein.
Genesis 23.
9. The ground or blank space on which figures are drawn; as the field or ground of a picture.
10. In heraldry, the whole surface of the shield, or the continent.
11. In scripture, field often signifies the open country, ground not inclosed, as it may in some countries in modern times.
12. A field of ice, a large body of floating ice.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"
2: a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" [syn: battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field]
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"
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" [syn: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick]
5: the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it [syn: field, field of force, force field]
6: a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field" [syn: field, field of operation, line of 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" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena]
8: a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field" [syn: playing field, athletic field, playing area, field]
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" [syn: plain, field, champaign]
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"
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" [syn: field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations]
12: all of the horses in a particular horse race
13: all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
14: a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa"
15: (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
16: the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument) [syn: field, field of view]
17: a place where planes take off and land [syn: airfield, landing field, flying field, field] v
1: catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
2: play as a fielder
3: answer adequately or successfully; "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"
4: select (a team or individual player) for a game; "The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name Cyrus West 1819-1892 American financier II. biographical name Eugene 1850-1895 American poet & journalist III. biographical name Marshall 1834-1906 American merchant

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English feld; akin to Old High German feld field, Old English fl?r floor — more at floor Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) an open land area free of woods and buildings (2) an area of land marked by the presence of particular objects or features <dune fields> b. (1) an area of cleared enclosed land used for cultivation or pasture <a field of wheat> (2) land containing a natural resource (3) airfield c. the place where a battle is fought; also battle d. a large unbroken expanse (as of ice) 2. a. an area or division of an activity, subject, or profession b. the sphere of practical operation outside a base (as a laboratory, office, or factory) <geologists working in the field> c. an area for military exercises or maneuvers d. (1) an area constructed, equipped, or marked for sports (2) the portion of an indoor or outdoor sports area enclosed by the running track and on which field events are conducted (3) any of the three sections of a baseball outfield <hits to all fields> 3. a space on which something is drawn or projected: as a. the space on the surface of a coin, medal, or seal that does not contain the design b. the ground of each division in a flag c. the whole surface of an escutcheon 4. the individuals that make up all or part of the participants in a contest; especially all participants with the exception of the favorite or the winner in a contest where more than two are entered 5. the area visible through the lens of an optical instrument 6. a. a region or space in which a given effect (as magnetism) exists b. a region of embryonic tissue capable of a particular type of differentiation <a morphogenetic field> 7. a set of mathematical elements that is subject to two binary operations the second of which is distributive relative to the first and that constitutes a commutative group under the first operation and also under the second if the zero or unit element under the first is omitted 8. a complex of forces that serve as causative agents in human behavior 9. a series of drain tiles and an absorption area for septic-tank outflow 10. a particular area (as of a record in a database) in which the same type of information is regularly recorded II. adjective Date: 12th century of or relating to a field: as a. growing in or inhabiting the fields or open country b. made, conducted, or used in the field c. operating or active in the field III. verb Date: 1823 transitive verb 1. a. to catch or pick up (as a batted ball) and usually throw to a teammate b. to take care of or respond to (as a telephone call or a request) c. to give an impromptu answer or solution to <the senator fielded the reporters' questions> 2. to put into the field <field an army> <field a team>; also to enter in competition intransitive verb to play as a fielder

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 an area of open land, esp. one used for pasture or crops, often bounded by hedges, fences, etc. 2 an area rich in some natural product (gas field; diamond field). 3 a piece of land for a specified purpose, esp. an area marked out for games (football field). 4 a the participants in a contest or sport. b all the competitors in a race or all except those specified. 5 Cricket a the side fielding. b a fielder. 6 an expanse of ice, snow, sea, sky, etc. 7 a the ground on which a battle is fought; a battlefield (left his rival in possession of the field). b the scene of a campaign. c (attrib.) (of artillery etc.) light and mobile for use on campaign. d a battle. 8 an area of operation or activity; a subject of study (each supreme in his own field). 9 a the region in which a force is effective (gravitational field; magnetic field). b the force exerted in such an area. 10 a range of perception (field of view; wide field of vision; filled the field of the telescope). 11 Math. a system subject to two operations analogous to those for the multiplication and addition of real numbers. 12 (attrib.) a (of an animal or plant) found in the countryside, wild (field mouse). b carried out or working in the natural environment, not in a laboratory etc. (field test). 13 a the background of a picture, coin, flag, etc. b Heraldry the surface of an escutcheon or of one of its divisions. 14 Computing a part of a record, representing an item of data. --v. 1 Cricket, Baseball , etc. a intr. act as a fieldsman. b tr. stop (and return) (the ball). 2 tr. select (a team or individual) to play in a game. 3 tr. deal with (a succession of questions etc.). Phrases and idioms: field-book a book used in the field by a surveyor for technical notes. field-cornet S.Afr. hist. a minor magistrate. field-day 1 wide scope for action or success; a time occupied with exciting events (when crowds form, pickpockets have a field-day). 2 Mil. an exercise, esp. in manoeuvring; a review. 3 a day spent in exploration, scientific investigation, etc., in the natural environment. field events athletic sports other than races (e.g. shot-putting, jumping, discus-throwing). field-glasses binoculars for outdoor use. field goal US Football & Basketball a goal scored when the ball is in normal play. field hockey US = HOCKEY(1). field hospital a temporary hospital near a battlefield. Field Marshal Brit. an army officer of the highest rank. field mouse a small rodent, Apodemus sylvaticus, with beady eyes, prominent ears, and a long tail. field mushroom the edible fungus Agaricus campestris. field mustard charlock. field officer an army officer of field rank. field of honour the place where a duel or battle is fought. field rank any rank in the army above captain and below general. field sports outdoor sports, esp. hunting, shooting, and fishing. field telegraph a movable telegraph for use on campaign. hold the field not be superseded. in the field 1 campaigning. 2 working etc. away from one's laboratory, headquarters, etc. keep the field continue a campaign. play the field colloq. avoid exclusive attachment to one person or activity etc. take the field 1 begin a campaign. 2 (of a sports team) go on to a pitch to begin a game. Etymology: OE feld f. WG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Field Field, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. f["a]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. --Byron. 3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself. In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak. What though the field be lost? --Milton. 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. --Shak. Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope. 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. --Macaulay. 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. Coal field (Geol.) See under Coal. Field artillery, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army. Field basil (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family (Calamintha Acinos); -- called also basil thyme. Field colors (Mil.), small flags for marking out the positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors. Field cricket (Zo["o]l.), a large European cricket (Gryllus campestric), remarkable for its loud notes. Field day. (a) A day in the fields. (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for instruction in evolutions. --Farrow. (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day. Field driver, in New England, an officer charged with the driving of stray cattle to the pound. Field duck (Zo["o]l.), the little bustard (Otis tetrax), found in Southern Europe. Field glass. (Optics) (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a race glass. (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches long, and having 3 to 6 draws. (c) See Field lens. Field lark. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The skylark. (b) The tree pipit. Field lens (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called also field glass. Field madder (Bot.), a plant (Sherardia arvensis) used in dyeing. Field marshal (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred in the British and other European armies. Field mouse (Zo["o]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the campagnol and the deer mouse. See Campagnol, and Deer mouse. Field officer (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain and below that of general. Field officer's court (U.S.Army), a court-martial consisting of one field officer empowered to try all cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison and regimental courts. --Farrow. Field plover (Zo["o]l.), the black-bellied plover (Charadrius squatarola); also sometimes applied to the Bartramian sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda). Field spaniel (Zo["o]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting small game. Field sparrow. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small American sparrow (Spizella pusilla). (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.] Field staff> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to hold a lighted match for discharging a gun. Field vole (Zo["o]l.), the European meadow mouse. Field of ice, a large body of floating ice; a pack. Field, or Field of view, in a telescope or microscope, the entire space within which objects are seen. Field magnet. see under Magnet. Magnetic field. See Magnetic. To back the field, or To bet on the field. See under Back, v. t. -- To keep the field. (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign. (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers. To lay, or back, against the field, to bet on (a horse, etc.) against all comers. To take the field (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Field Field, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. f["a]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. --Byron. 3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself. In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak. What though the field be lost? --Milton. 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. --Shak. Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope. 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. --Macaulay. 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. Coal field (Geol.) See under Coal. Field artillery, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army. Field basil (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family (Calamintha Acinos); -- called also basil thyme. Field colors (Mil.), small flags for marking out the positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors. Field cricket (Zo["o]l.), a large European cricket (Gryllus campestric), remarkable for its loud notes. Field day. (a) A day in the fields. (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for instruction in evolutions. --Farrow. (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day. Field driver, in New England, an officer charged with the driving of stray cattle to the pound. Field duck (Zo["o]l.), the little bustard (Otis tetrax), found in Southern Europe. Field glass. (Optics) (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a race glass. (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches long, and having 3 to 6 draws. (c) See Field lens. Field lark. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The skylark. (b) The tree pipit. Field lens (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called also field glass. Field madder (Bot.), a plant (Sherardia arvensis) used in dyeing. Field marshal (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred in the British and other European armies. Field mouse (Zo["o]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the campagnol and the deer mouse. See Campagnol, and Deer mouse. Field officer (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain and below that of general. Field officer's court (U.S.Army), a court-martial consisting of one field officer empowered to try all cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison and regimental courts. --Farrow. Field plover (Zo["o]l.), the black-bellied plover (Charadrius squatarola); also sometimes applied to the Bartramian sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda). Field spaniel (Zo["o]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting small game. Field sparrow. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small American sparrow (Spizella pusilla). (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.] Field staff> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to hold a lighted match for discharging a gun. Field vole (Zo["o]l.), the European meadow mouse. Field of ice, a large body of floating ice; a pack. Field, or Field of view, in a telescope or microscope, the entire space within which objects are seen. Field magnet. see under Magnet. Magnetic field. See Magnetic. To back the field, or To bet on the field. See under Back, v. t. -- To keep the field. (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign. (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers. To lay, or back, against the field, to bet on (a horse, etc.) against all comers. To take the field (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Field Field, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fielded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fielding.] 1. To take the field. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. (Ball Playing) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Field Field, v. t. (Ball Playing) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gun Gun, n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael.) A LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.] 1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary. As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in the powder runne. --Chaucer. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man long before there was any gunpowder found out. --Selden. 2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon. 3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind. Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or manner of loading as rifled or smoothbore, breech-loading or muzzle-loading, cast or built-up guns; or according to their use, as field, mountain, prairie, seacoast, and siege guns. Armstrong gun, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong. Great gun, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig.), a person superior in any way. Gun barrel, the barrel or tube of a gun. Gun carriage, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or moved. Gun cotton (Chem.), a general name for a series of explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity. Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See Pyroxylin, and cf. Xyloidin. The gun cottons are used for blasting and somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for making collodion. See Celluloid, and Collodion. Gun cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric acid. Gun deck. See under Deck. Gun fire, the time at which the morning or the evening gun is fired. Gun metal, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron. Gun port (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a cannon's muzzle is run out for firing. Gun tackle (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from the gun port. Gun tackle purchase (Naut.), a tackle composed of two single blocks and a fall. --Totten. Krupp gun, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named after its German inventor, Herr Krupp. Machine gun, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns, mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim. The Gatling gun, Gardner gun, Hotchkiss gun, and Nordenfelt gun, named for their inventors, and the French mitrailleuse, are machine guns. To blow great guns (Naut.), to blow a gale. See Gun, n., 3.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fields, fielding, fielded) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A field is an area of grass, for example in a park or on a farm. A field is also an area of land on which a crop is grown. ...a field of wheat... They went for walks together in the fields. N-COUNT 2. A sports field is an area of grass where sports are played. ...a football field... Gavin Hastings was helped from the field with ankle injuries. N-COUNT 3. A field is an area of land or sea bed under which large amounts of a particular mineral have been found. ...an extensive natural gas field in Alaska. N-COUNT: usu supp N 4. A magnetic, gravitational, or electric field is the area in which that particular force is strong enough to have an effect. Some people are worried that electromagnetic fields from electric power lines could increase the risk of cancer. N-COUNT: usu supp N 5. A particular field is a particular subject of study or type of activity. Exciting artistic breakthroughs have recently occurred in the fields of painting, sculpture and architecture... Each of the authors of the tapes is an expert in his field. N-COUNT: usu with supp 6. A field is an area of a computer's memory or a program where data can be entered, edited, or stored. (COMPUTING) Go to a site like Yahoo! Finance and enter 'AOL' in the Get Quotes field. N-COUNT 7. You can refer to the area where fighting or other military action in a war takes place as the field or the field of battle. We never defeated them on the field of battle. ...the need for politicians to leave day-to-day decisions to commanders in the field. N-COUNT: usu the N, oft N of n 8. Your field of vision or your visual field is the area that you can see without turning your head. Our field of vision is surprisingly wide. N-COUNT: with supp 9. The field is a way of referring to all the competitors taking part in a particular race or sports contest. Going into the fourth lap, the two most broadly experienced riders led the field... N-COUNT-COLL: usu sing, the N 10. You use field to describe work or study that is done in a real, natural environment rather than in a theoretical way or in controlled conditions. I also conducted a field study among the boys about their attitude to relationships... Our teachers took us on field trips to observe plants and animals, firsthand... ADJ: ADJ n 11. In a game of cricket, baseball, or rounders, the team that is fielding is trying to catch the ball, while the other team is trying to hit it. When we are fielding, the umpires keep looking at the ball. VERB: usu cont, V 12. If you say that someone fields a question, you mean that they answer it or deal with it, usually successfully. (JOURNALISM) He was later shown on television, fielding questions. VERB: V n 13. If a sports team fields a particular number or type of players, the players are chosen to play for the team on a particular occasion. England intend fielding their strongest team in next month's World Youth Championship. VERB: V n 14. If a candidate in an election is representing a political party, you can say that the party is fielding that candidate. (JOURNALISM) There are signs that the new party aims to field candidates in elections scheduled for February next year. = put up VERB: V n 15. see also coalfield, minefield, playing field, snowfield 16. If someone is having a field day, they are very busy doing something that they enjoy, even though it may be hurtful for other people. In our absence the office gossips are probably having a field day... PHRASE: V inflects 17. Work or study that is done in the field is done in a real, natural environment rather than in a theoretical way or in controlled conditions. The zoo is doing major conservation work, both in captivity and in the field. PHRASE: usu PHR after v 18. If you say that someone leads the field in a particular activity, you mean that they are better, more active, or more successful than everyone else who is involved in it. When it comes to picking up awards they lead the field by miles. PHRASE: V inflects 19. If someone plays the field, they have a number of different romantic or sexual relationships. (INFORMAL) He gave up playing the field and married a year ago. PHRASE: V inflects

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. sadeh), a cultivated field, but unenclosed. It is applied to any cultivated ground or pasture (Gen. 29:2; 31:4; 34:7), or tillage (Gen. 37:7; 47:24). It is also applied to woodland (Ps. 132:6) or mountain top (Judg. 9:32, 36; 2 Sam. 1:21). It denotes sometimes a cultivated region as opposed to the wilderness (Gen. 33:19; 36:35). Unwalled villages or scattered houses are spoken of as "in the fields" (Deut. 28:3, 16; Lev. 25:31; Mark 6:36, 56). The "open field" is a place remote from a house (Gen. 4:8; Lev. 14:7, 53; 17:5). Cultivated land of any extent was called a field (Gen. 23:13, 17; 41:8; Lev. 27:16; Ruth 4:5; Neh. 12:29).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

feld.

See AGRICULTURE.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Tract of land (for tillage or for pasture). 2. Battle-field, field of battle. 3. Scene of military operations, theatre of war. 4. Surface, expanse, range, scope. 5. Province, department, domain, region, realm. 6. Opportunity, room.

Moby 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