Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Baseball The area of the field bounded by home plate and first, second, and third bases.
- n. Baseball The defensive positions of first base, second base, third base, and shortstop considered as a unit.
- n. The area inside a racetrack or running track.
- n. A field located near a farmhouse.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To inclose, as a piece of land; make a field of.
- Under crop; noting arable land which is still kept under crop: distinguished from outfield.
- n. In base-ball. See field, n., 3.
Wiktionary
- n. The area inside a racetrack or running track.
- n. A constrained scope or area.
- n. agriculture An area to cultivate: a field
- n. baseball The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
- n. baseball (as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.
- n. cricket The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.
- v. transitive To inclose (a piece of land); make a field of.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. rare To inclose, as a field.
- n. Scotland Arable and manured land kept continually under crop; -- distinguished from
outfield . - n. (Baseball) The diamond; -- opposed to
outfield . See Diamond, n., 5.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
Etymologies
- From in- + field. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“•Camp quandary: The infield is in flux as 3B Josh Fields will be pushed by Viciedo, a 19-year-old from Cuba, and 2B Chris Getz by Lillibridge and Nix.”
“Matt Kemp had a sacrifice fly, Blake singled through a drawn-in infield and Rafael Furcal had a run-scoring single to finish the five-run inning.”
“Pedro Feliz singles through a drawn-in infield to score Eric Bruntlett for a 4-3 lead.”
“At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, they call the infield area the "snake pit".”
Alison Stein Wellner: The Indy 500, or America, in the Round
“• The final out: Luis Gonzalez's RBI single against Mariano Rivera over the Yankees 'drawn-in infield scores Jay Bell and caps a two-run rally, giving the Arizona Diamondbacks a 3-2, Game 7 win on their home field.”
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“Willy Taveras, Astros: Taveras thrust himself into Rookie of the Year contention by leading the majors in infield hits and stealing 34 bases.”
“Feliz followed with a single through a drawn-in infield to make it 9-7 before Nathan, who had walked just nine batters this season, issued his third walk of the inning.”
“However, the move backfired as Williams chopped the game-winning hit over a drawn-in infield to lift Minnesota to just its third win in eight games.”
“Utley singled and Kenny Lofton singled past a drawn-in infield to score pinch runner Endy Chavez.”
“I don't think it gets any better than that lineup, and the infield is pretty awesome with three Gold Glove-caliber players.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘infield’.
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Derby Day!
List of terms one could expect to hear or read in connection with the Kentucky Derby, or high-stakes horse racing in general. This is an open list.
morning line, filly, field, post, favorite, two-year-old, colt, three-year-old, lifetime starts, trained, trainer, owner and 91 more...
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Baseball Terms
Slang and plain words used to describe the great game of baseball.
groundout, single, caught looking, run it out, day game, getaway day, doubleheader, whiff, Texas Leaguer, wheelhouse, swipe a bag, utility player and 89 more...
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cricket
everything cricket
batswomen, batswoman, batsmen, batsman, backlift, bail, beamer, blockhole, bodyline, bosie, bouncer, boundary and 471 more...
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fields
field of study, field of view, field of dreams, field of experience, field of research, field of contentment, field of regard, field of honor, field of operation, field of fire, field of force, field of vision and 31 more...
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My Little League Baseball Life
A big part of my life - for now. Maybe someday I'll have a "My Major League Baseball Life." If so, free tickets for all Wordies.
seemingly-never-e..., winners bracket, dugout, cleats, gatorade, dirt, cup, jersey, coach, rbi, walk, era and 112 more...
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