FIELD
- in actual use or in a situation simulating actual use or application; away from a laboratory, workshop, or the like
- in contact with a prime source of basic data
- within a given profession
- to remain in competition or in battle; continue to contend
- to vary one's activities
- to play as a fielder [v FIELDED, FIELDING, FIELDS]
- to date a number of persons rather than only one
- to begin to play, as in football or baseball; go into action
- to go into battle
- piece of open ground, as for cultivation
- area where sports are played
- area of activity or interest
- area rich in a natural resource
- all the competitors in a contest