to field
- verb
- /fiːld/
- As the ball flew toward him, he was ready to field it cleanly with his glove.
- field the ball
- field a ground ball
You can hit, you can run, you can field, but you're not using it.
- You can hit, you can run, you can field, but you're not using it.
Examples
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During practice, the coach showed the players how to correctly field ground balls.
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My mother can field better than you.
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You can run, you can field, you can throw, you can hit, you can hit with power.
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The only guy that can field this ball is Chapel.
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Can't you even field a ground ball?
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I knocked grounders and line drives toward Huge, who now could field with the best of them.
Fiction book (1995) -
Clark fields it cleanly and gets the runner at first, but Gasper advances to second on the sacrifice.
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South Pointe punted with 4:59 left, and Wright fielded the ball this time.
Blog text (3) -
Arroyo bunted, but Hamels fielded and threw to second to force Hanigan for the first out.
Blog text (29) -
In the crucial moments of the game, he managed to field the ball efficiently and throw it to first base.
Synonyms
To catch a ball using a hand cover, especially in baseball
Antonyms
Idioms
Make the situation different so some people have a better chance to win
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Date several different people without wanting a serious relationship
- Informal
To move quickly and forcefully forward across a playing field in sports to try to score
- Specialized
To stop growing crops on a field for a time to let the soil get better
Compounds
- Specialized
An area around a magnet or electric current where a magnet's force moves objects
The part of the outfield on the left side in baseball and the player who plays there
- US
An area of grass or artificial grass marked for playing soccer with goalposts
A team sport played on grass where players use curved sticks to hit a small hard ball into a goal
- Specialized
A temporary hospital near a disaster or battlefield that treats injured people
- Specialized
The space around a planet or other object that pulls things toward it
- Specialized
The area you can see at one time, for example through a camera or telescope
- Specialized
An area around a charged object that pushes or pulls other small charged things
- Specialized
A measure of how strong an electric or magnetic field is at a place
- US
The part of the baseball outfield behind second base between left and right field
An area of land people prepare and keep for playing sports like soccer or track
- Specialized
A wire wrapped around a magnet that makes a magnetic field in motors and generators
- Specialized
An idea in physics that explains forces and particles as things spread through space and time, like gravity or electricity
- Specialized
Large mobile guns that armies use to fire at enemy positions to help front-line troops
- Specialized
A person in the army with the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
A competition on the field where athletes jump or throw, like long jump and shot put
- Jargon
A player who leads and directs the team's play on the field, often the quarterback
- Specialized
An imaginary line that shows the direction of the force around magnets or electric charges
Part of business that helps companies tell people about and sell products or services
- Specialized
A microscope that makes tiny particles too small for an ordinary microscope appear bright on a dark background
- Specialized
An area around electric charges that pushes or pulls other charges
A situation where everyone has an equal chance and no one has unfair advantages
- Specialized
A large movable weapon soldiers use on the battlefield to fire at enemy troops
- Specialized
Electrons leave a material's surface when a strong electric field pulls them into empty space
- Specialized
How strong and which way an electric or magnetic field is at a point
- Specialized
An area where soldiers fight and do military work during a war
Surface Forms
Etymology
Field first meant 'open land' where players stood, so to field in sport is to play as a fielder, catching or stopping the ball in that open area.