afield | (adverb) off the subject; beyond the point at issue | - |
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(adverb) in or into a field (especially a field of battle) | - |
(adverb) far away from home or one's usual surroundings | Synonyms: abroad |
airfield | (noun) a place where planes take off and land | Synonyms: field, flying field, landing field |
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backfield | (noun) the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen | - |
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battlefield | (noun) a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought | Synonyms: battleground, field, field of battle, field of honor |
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brickfield | (noun) a place where bricks are made and sold | Synonyms: brickyard |
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canfield | (noun) a form of solitaire that involves gambling | - |
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centerfield | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield | Synonyms: center field |
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(noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center, center field, centre |
chesterfield | (noun) a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar | - |
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(noun) an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests | - |
coalfield | (noun) a region where there is coal underground | - |
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cornfield | (noun) a field planted with corn | Synonyms: corn field |
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downfield | (adjective) located at, or relatively closer to, the defending team's end of the playing field | - |
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(adverb) in the direction of the defending team's end of the playing field | - |
field | (noun) a particular kind of commercial enterprise | Synonyms: field of operation, line of business |
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(noun) a place where planes take off and land | Synonyms: airfield, flying field, landing field |
(noun) a branch of knowledge | Synonyms: bailiwick, discipline, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field |
(noun) the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument) | Synonyms: field of view |
(noun) (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 | - |
(noun) all of the horses in a particular horse race | - |
(noun) all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event | - |
(noun) (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information | - |
(noun) a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed | - |
(noun) somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected | - |
(noun) a piece of land prepared for playing a game | Synonyms: athletic field, playing area, playing field |
(noun) a region in which active military operations are in progress | Synonyms: field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations |
(noun) a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought | Synonyms: battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor |
(noun) a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found | - |
(noun) extensive tract of level open land | Synonyms: champaign, plain |
(noun) the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it | Synonyms: field of force, force field |
(noun) a particular environment or walk of life | Synonyms: area, arena, domain, orbit, sphere |
(verb) select (a team or individual player) for a game | - |
(verb) answer adequately or successfully | - |
(verb) play as a fielder | - |
(verb) catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket | - |
gasfield | (noun) a region where there is natural gas underground | - |
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goldfield | (noun) a district where gold is mined | - |
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grainfield | (noun) a field where grain is grown | Synonyms: grain field |
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gumshield | (noun) (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth | Synonyms: mouthpiece |
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hayfield | (noun) a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay | Synonyms: meadow |
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infield | (noun) the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate | Synonyms: baseball diamond, diamond |
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leftfield | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate) | Synonyms: left field |
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(noun) the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left | Synonyms: left, left field |
midfield | (noun) (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse) | - |
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minefield | (noun) a region in which explosives mines have been placed | - |
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oilfield | (noun) a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells) | - |
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outfield | (noun) the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases | - |
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rightfield | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate) | Synonyms: right field |
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(noun) the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right | Synonyms: right, right field |
shield | (noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | Synonyms: carapace, cuticle, shell |
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(noun) armor carried on the arm to intercept blows | Synonyms: buckler |
(noun) a protective covering or structure | - |
(verb) protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm | Synonyms: screen |
(verb) hold back a thought or feeling about | Synonyms: harbor, harbour |
snowfield | (noun) a permanent wide expanse of snow | - |
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upfield | (adjective) away from the defending teams' end of the playing field | - |
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wheatfield | (noun) a field planted with wheat | Synonyms: wheat field |
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wield | (verb) handle effectively | Synonyms: handle, manage |
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(verb) have and exercise | Synonyms: exert, maintain |
windshield | (noun) transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | Synonyms: windscreen |
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yield | (noun) production of a certain amount | Synonyms: output |
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(noun) an amount of a product | Synonyms: fruit |
(noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings |
(noun) the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time) | Synonyms: output, production |
(verb) end resistance, as under pressure or force | Synonyms: give way |
(verb) consent reluctantly | Synonyms: buckle under, give in, knuckle under, succumb |
(verb) be willing to concede | Synonyms: concede, grant |
(verb) cease opposition; stop fighting | - |
(verb) be flexible under stress of physical force | Synonyms: give |
(verb) give or supply | Synonyms: generate, give, render, return |
(verb) cause to happen or be responsible for | Synonyms: give |
(verb) move in order to make room for someone for something | Synonyms: ease up, give, give way, move over |
(verb) bring in | Synonyms: bear, pay |
(verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: cede, concede, grant |
(verb) be the cause or source of | Synonyms: afford, give |
(verb) give in, as to influence or pressure | Synonyms: relent, soften |
(verb) be fatally overwhelmed | Synonyms: succumb |