Antonyms for fielding

Grammar : Verb

Spell : feel-ding

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfil dɪŋ

Definition of fielding

Origin : 1823 in cricket (by 1884 in baseball), verbal noun from field (v.).

verb catch a hit or thrown object

Example sentences :

Soon after the publication of the book, a great calamity came on Fielding.
Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding

The appearance which Fielding makes is no doubt the most modest of the four.
Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding

The champions of that great movement were Fielding, Ferrand, and Oastler.
Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

Spenser may have lost by being less realistic than Fielding.
Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton

His first piece was Fielding's "Opera of Operas," produced in 1733.
Extract from : « A Popular History of the Art of Music » by W. S. B. Mathews

Richardson adopts their tone; he is always gibing at Fielding. '
Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen

But examine the novelists of the period; what about Fielding?
Extract from : « Science and Morals and Other Essays » by Bertram Coghill Alan Windle

Fielding's men and women are alive, though History's are not.
Extract from : « The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh » by William Makepeace Thackeray

Because you were doing the thankless work, as you always are, and fielding for every one else.
Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

"No, Fielding, it is not necessary; I am competent to attend to it myself," she answered.
Extract from : « From Farm House to the White House » by William M. Thayer

Synonyms for fielding

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