Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The playing area extending outward from the diamond, divided into left, center, and right field.
- noun The position played by an outfielder.
- noun The members of a team playing in the outfield.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
field , 3. - noun In Scotland, arable land which is continually cropped without being manured, until it is exhausted. See
infield . - noun A name given to uninclosed farm lands at a distance from the farmstead.
- noun An out-lying region; an undefined or indefinite sphere, district, or domain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. Arable land which has been or is being exhausted. See
infield , 1. - noun A field beyond, or separated from, the inclosed land about the homestead; an uninclosed or unexplored tract. Also used figuratively.
- noun (Baseball) The part of the baseball field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is occupied by the fielders, and usually considered as divided into left field, center field, and right field, named as viewed from home plate.
- noun (Cricket) The part of the field farthest from the batsman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun baseball, softball The region of the
field between theinfield and the outer fence. - noun cricket The region of the field roughly
outside of the infield or thewicket-keeper ,slips ,gully ,point ,cover ,mid off ,mid on ,midwicket andsquare leg .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases
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Examples
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The club's lack of depth in the outfield is alarming.
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The Bosox, whose outfield is needy because of injuries and David Ortiz 'decline, is intrigued by Frenchy even though he has reverted to 2008 form, now hitting .247.
Somebody wants Jeff Franceour? Braves should listen - sports 2009
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The Nationals outfield is not quite an obvious strength, but it's not necessarily a glaring weakness, either.
Nationals outfield likely to return intact Adam Kilgore 2010
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I'm trying my hardest to be patient on Mark Teixeira (he has to be hurt, right?) but I have to do something because my outfield is underperforming, too (not enough power, way too many K's).
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So we practiced and practiced until I could and today, I got about 8 points simply by hitting it over the heads of people who thought, “Oh, girl in wheelchair, move up closer”, kind of made up for all those junior high softball days when the pitcher called the outfield in whenever I came up to bat.
Archive 2008-02-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008
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I'm trying my hardest to be patient on Mark Teixeira (he has to be hurt, right?) but I have to do something because my outfield is underperforming, too (not enough power, way too many K's).
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So we practiced and practiced until I could and today, I got about 8 points simply by hitting it over the heads of people who thought, “Oh, girl in wheelchair, move up closer”, kind of made up for all those junior high softball days when the pitcher called the outfield in whenever I came up to bat.
10 easy steps to starting wheelchair badminton, and why you should! Elizabeth McClung 2008
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Before the game, Pierzynski was jogging near first base after crossing the outfield from the bullpen on the way to the dugout when Eddings emerged from behind home plate with the other umpires for the lineups exchange.
USATODAY.com - Anaheim becomes boo city for ump Eddings 2005
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They have a good defense and that outfield is sick.
USATODAY.com 2003
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Ryan Klesko's play at first base has improved substantially this season, and the Padres say the experiment to eventually return him to the outfield is over.
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