field

noun

/ˈfi(ː)ld/

Etymology

From Middle English feeld, feld (“field”), from Old English feld (“field”), from Proto-West Germanic *felþu (“field”), from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“field, plain”) or *pleth₂- (“flat”) (with schwebeablaut). Cognates Cognate with Scots feld, feild (“field”), North Frisian fial, fälj (“field”), Saterland Frisian Fäild (“field”), West Frisian fjild (“field”), Dutch veld (“field”), German and Luxembourgish Feld (“field”), Vilamovian fald (“field”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk felt (“field”), Swedish fält (“field”), Finnish pelto (“field”), Asturian and Leonese platu (“plate”), Aragonese and Spanish plato (“plate”), Catalan plat (“plate”), French plat (“dish”), Galician, Mirandese, and Portuguese prato (“plate”), Italian piatto (“plate”), Latin *plattus (“flattened”), Greek πλατύς (platýs, “wide, broad”). Doublet of plate. Related also to Middle English flat (“flat”), Old English folde (“earth, land, territory”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”). More at flat, fold. Not related to English felt.

derived from *pleh₂-✻ — “field, plain”
inherited from *felþuz✻ — “field”
inherited from *felþu✻
inherited from feld
inherited from feeld

Definitions

1
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.
2
A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed…
A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- There were some cows grazing in a field.
- A crop circle was made in a corn field.
3
A region containing a particular mineral.
- an oil field; a gold field
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1. An airfield, airport or air base
  An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
2. 5
  A place where competitive matches are carried out.
  - Tarry, sweet soul, for mine; then fly abreast, As in this glorious and well-foughten field We kept together in our chivalry!
  - […] What though the field be lost? All is not lost; th’ unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield, And what is else not to be overcome; That glory never shall his wrath or might!
3. 6
  Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
  - magnetic field; gravitational field; scalar field
4. 7
  Archaic form of fielder.
  - The manager should always choose his own Eleven; and, we have already hinted that fielding, rather than batting, is the qualification. A good field is sure to save runs, though the best batsman may not make any.
5. To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
6. 9
  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.
7. 10
  To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
  - The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.
  - On balance, it was harsh on Hearts, who had given as good as they got against their more-fancied opponents, who, despite not being at full strength, fielded a multi-million pound team.
8. 11
  To answer
  To answer; to address.
  - She will field questions immediately after her presentation.
9. 12
  To execute research (in the field).
  - He fielded the marketing survey about the upcoming product.
10. 13
  To deploy in the field.
  - to field a new land-mine detector
11. 14
  A surname.
  - Her book includes an incisive discussion of misogyny on the New Right. [Laura K.] Field notes how “gynocracy” and “the longhouse” have become overwrought MAGA epithets for an unbearably feminized and pluralist society.
12. A community near Field Hill within Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada, named…
  A community near Field Hill within Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada, named after Cyrus West Field.
13. A community in West Nipissing, Northeastern Ontario, Canada.
14. An unincorporated community in Bell County, Kentucky, United States.
15. A neighbourhood of Nokomis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
16. A locality in Coorong council area, south-east South Australia.
17. A hamlet in Eardisley parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3050).
18. A neighbourhood in Shepton Mallet parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip…
  A neighbourhood in Shepton Mallet parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6142).
19. A hamlet in Leigh parish, East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid…
  A hamlet in Leigh parish, East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0233).

The neighborhood

synonymcoursearea reserved for playing a game
synonymcourtarea reserved for playing a game
synonymgroundarea reserved for playing a game
synonympitcharea reserved for playing a game
synonyminput fieldlocation for the input of information
synonymboxlocation for the input of information
antonymbatantonym(s) of “be the team throwing and catching the ball”
neighborNoetherian domain ⊂ integral domain ⊂ commutative ring
neighborsimple ring ⊂ local ring
neighborordered field
neighborPythagorean field
neighborresidue field
neighborextension field
neighborField in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Derived

field off, field out, field up, misfield

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at field. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at field. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at field

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA