adv
Meaning 1
Toward or into the infield.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
infield
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɪnfiːld/
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/ɪnˈfiːld/
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CMU ARPABET: IH1 N F IY2 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The area inside a racetrack or running track.
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noun
Meaning 3
A constrained scope or area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Let’s keep this problem in the infield.
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noun
Meaning 4
An area to cultivate: a field
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 5
The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- They covered the infield with a tarp when it started to rain.
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noun
Meaning 6
(as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- Jones ran out an infield single.
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noun
Meaning 7
The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 8
To enclose (a piece of land); make a field of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 9
the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baseball diamond, diamond
Antonyms: outfield
Broader terms: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English field English infield From in- + field.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Feld — agriculture: An area to cultivate
- Turkish: tarla — agriculture: An area to cultivate
- Catalan: camp interior — baseball: The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
- Finnish: etukenttä — baseball: The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
- German: Innenfeld — baseball: The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
- Italian: diamante — baseball: The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
- Italian: perimetro delle quattro basi — baseball: The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
- Japanese: 内野 (naiya) — baseball: The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
- Turkish: iç saha — baseball: The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
- Finnish: etukenttä- — baseball: (as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.
- Finnish: etukenttä — cricket: The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, etc.
- German: Innenfeld — cricket: The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, etc.
- Turkish: iç saha — cricket: The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, etc.
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