Antonyms for fields


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : feeldz
Phonetic Transcription : fildz


Definition of fields

Origin :
  • "to go out to fight," 16c., from field (n.) in the specific sense of "battlefield" (Old English). The meaning "to stop and return the ball" is first recorded 1823, originally in cricket; figurative sense is from 1902. Related: Fielded; fielding.
  • noun open land that can be cultivated
  • noun persons taking part in competition
  • noun sphere of influence, activity, interest, study
  • noun arena with special use, as athletics
  • verb catch a hit or thrown object
Example sentences :
  • I fancied it in the fields, in the gardens, in the palace, in the prison.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The roads are empty, the fields are deserted, the houses of entertainment are closed.
  • Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
  • The fields and wood-paths have as yet few charms to entice the wanderer.
  • Extract from : « Buds and Bird Voices (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • "Sir Humphrey Tennant of Ashby may till his own fields for me," he cried.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • When there was no work in the fields we learned the ways of cooking corn, and to make pots.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • They have taken all the horses that were in the fields, and your horses as well.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • In all these fields Pyle's work may be equaled, surpassed, save in one.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • Gradually young Sami grew up and was able to help the cousin in the fields.
  • Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
  • The people had all gone home from the fields, perhaps were already asleep.
  • Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
  • Through them from the garden and the fields entered a complex of sweet odors.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

Synonyms for fields

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