field

Betekenis

Noun

1. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
2. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
3. A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
4. A region containing a particular mineral.
5. An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
6. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
7. (obsolete) A place where competitive matches are carried out.
8. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
9. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
10. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
11. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
12. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
13. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
14. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
15. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
16. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
17. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
18. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
19. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
20. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
21. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
22. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
23. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
24. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
25. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
26. Archaic form of fielder.

Verb

1. To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
2. To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
3. To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
4. To answer; to address.
5. To defeat.
6. To execute research (in the field).
7. To deploy in the field.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/fiːld/

Etymologie

From Middle English feeld, feld, from Old English feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu, from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“field, plain”) or *pleth₂- (“flat”) (with schwebeablaut).
Cognate with Scots feld, feild (“field”), North Frisian fjild (“field”), West Frisian fjild (“field”), Dutch veld (“field”), German Feld (“field”), Swedish fält (“field”). Related also to Old English folde (“earth, land, territory”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”). More at fold.

Zinnen

She specializes in the field of ancient glass .

Ze is gespecialiseerd op het gebied van oud glas.

Somewhat in a class by itself is the Z-pinch, which has circular field lines .

Enigszins in een klasse op zichzelf is de z-pinch, die cirkelvormige veldlijnen heeft.