field

(noun) a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed. Examples: "He planted a field of wheat."

(noun) a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought. Synonyms: battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor. Examples: "They made a tour of civil war battlefields."

(noun) somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected. Examples: "Anthropologists do much of their work in the field."

(noun) a branch of knowledge. Synonyms: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field of study, study, bailiwick. Examples: "In what discipline is his doctorate?." "Teachers should be well trained in their subject." "Anthropology is the study of human beings."

(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 kind of commercial enterprise. Synonyms: field of operation, line of business. Examples: "They are outstanding in their field."

(noun) a particular environment or walk of life. Synonyms: sphere, domain, area, orbit, arena. Examples: "His social sphere is limited." "It was a closed area of employment." "He's out of my orbit."

(noun) a piece of land prepared for playing a game. Synonyms: playing field, athletic field, playing area. Examples: "The home crowd cheered when princeton took the field."

(noun) extensive tract of level open land. Synonyms: plain, champaign. Examples: "They emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain." "He longed for the fields of his youth."

(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. Examples: "The set of all rational numbers is a field."

(noun) a region in which active military operations are in progress. Synonyms: field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations. Examples: "The army was in the field awaiting action." "He served in the vietnam theater for three years."

(noun) all of the horses in a particular horse race.

(noun) all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event.

(noun) a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found. Examples: "The diamond fields of south africa."

(noun) (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information.

(noun) the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument). Synonyms: field of view.

(noun) a place where planes take off and land. Synonyms: airfield, landing field, flying field.

(verb) catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket.

(verb) play as a fielder.

(verb) answer adequately or successfully. Examples: "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press."

(verb) select (a team or individual player) for a game. Examples: "The buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the rose bowl."