Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being in the field of battle; encamped.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Engaged in the field; encamped.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
field .
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Examples
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Another device being fielded is the Sherlock, which helps troops detect explosives made from fertilizer, the primary component of bombs in Afghanistan.
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In Mr. Akindele's office in Warri, the oil hub of the Western part of the Niger Delta, one of the calls fielded on a recent day by the official was from a citizen reporting oil pollution from a nearby Chevron Corp. facility.
Oil Hearing to Cast Spotlight on West Africa Benoit Faucon 2011
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These days, many of the calls fielded by his Park Avenue office are from people he's never met.
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After Anderson led off with a single, Valentin fielded Betemit's grounder in the hole between first and second.
USATODAY.com - Delgado powers Mets past Dodgers in opener 2006
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In the first inning of his first game this spring, Larkin fielded a ball in the hole the same play and completed it without mishap.
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After a leadoff walk to Jose Molina, David Eckstein fielded a bunt and threw wildly past first base, allowing Molina to advance to third.
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The director and co-founder of SITE, Rita Katz, noted the volume of Irhabi’s posts, many of them “very time-consuming uploads,” and the numerous requests he fielded from the al-Ansar community as evidence that “he could not have been a one-man operation.”
Jihad 2.0 2006
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The director and co-founder of SITE, Rita Katz, noted the volume of Irhabi’s posts, many of them “very time-consuming uploads,” and the numerous requests he fielded from the al-Ansar community as evidence that “he could not have been a one-man operation.”
Jihad 2.0 2006
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According to data on calls fielded between July and May, the types of complaints vary by borough.
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Q These are strictly coming in on the comment line, no calls fielded personally by the President?
Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart ITY National Archives 2000
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