n. 25B6; noun
a large ploughed field : MEADOW, pasture, paddock, grassland, pastureland, sward; poetic/literary lea, mead; archaic glebe.
a football field : PITCH, ground, sports field, playing field, recreation ground.
the field of biotechnology : AREA, sphere, discipline, province, department, domain, sector, branch, subject; informal bailiwick.
your field of vision : SCOPE, range, sweep, reach, extent.
she is well ahead of the field : COMPETITORS, entrants, competition; applicants, candidates, possibles.
25B6; verb
he was fielding : ACT AS A FIELDER, play in outfield.
she fielded the ball : CATCH, stop, retrieve; return, throw back.
fielding an ineligible player : PUT IN THE TEAM, send out, play, put up.
they can field an army of about one million : DEPLOY, position, range, dispose.
he fielded some awkward questions : DEAL WITH, handle, cope with, answer, reply to, respond to.
25B6; adjective
field experience : PRACTICAL, hands-on, applied, experiential, empirical.
field artillery : MOBILE, portable, transportable, movable, manoeuvrable, light.
theoretical.