field

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An area of open land, especially one used for crops or grazing.

   The farmer planted a field of wheat.

2. 2
   noun

   A particular area of study or work.

   She is a leading expert in her field.

3. 3
   noun

   The place outside an office or lab where practical work is done.

   Anthropologists do much of their work in the field.

4. 4
   verb

   To answer difficult questions skilfully.

   The minister fielded all the questions from the press.

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 felt (“field”), Swedish fält (“field”), Finnish pelto (“field”), Asturian and…

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