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

  • Another device being fielded is the Sherlock, which helps troops detect explosives made from fertilizer, the primary component of bombs in Afghanistan.

    Push on to protect new troops from IEDs 2010

  • 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

  • These days, many of the calls fielded by his Park Avenue office are from people he's never met.

    Marvin Traub's Busy Life After Bloomie's 2008

  • 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

  • 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.

    USATODAY.com - National League Central 2002

  • After a leadoff walk to Jose Molina, David Eckstein fielded a bunt and threw wildly past first base, allowing Molina to advance to third.

    American League Baseball - Angels vs. White Sox 2001

  • 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

  • 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

  • According to data on calls fielded between July and May, the types of complaints vary by borough.

    A Brrr in Brooklyn Leads 311 Calls 2010

  • 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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