(n.) Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.
(n.) A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture.
(n.) A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.
(n.) An open space; an extent; an expanse.
(n.) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected.
(n.) The space covered by an optical instrument at one view.
(n.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).
(n.) An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room.
(n.) A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.
(n.) That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.
(v. i.) To take the field.
(v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball.
(v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder.
Example Sentences:
(1) Neuropsychological testing is a relatively new field in the area of clinical neuroscience.
(2) Open field behaviors and isolation-induced aggression were reduced by anxiolytics, at doses which may be within the sedative-hypnotic range.
(3) 8.43am BST A little more from that Field interview on Today.
(4) Enhanced sensitivity to ITDs should translate to better-defined azimuthal receptive fields, and therefore may be a step toward achieving an optimal representation of azimuth within the auditory pathway.
(5) Cellular radial expansion was apparently unaffected by exposure to electric fields.
(6) The playing fields on which all those players began their journeys have been underfunded for years and are now facing a renewed crisis because of cuts to local authority budgets.
(7) Data is available to support the early influences of enamel organ epithelium upon a responding mesenchyme in the determination of dental morphogenetic fields (Dryburg, 1967; Miller, 1969).
(8) In a series of compounds with H2-antihistaminic activity, a conformational analysis was performed based on force field calculations.
(9) With fields and fells already saturated after more than four times the average monthly rainfall falling within the first three weeks of December, there was nowhere left to absorb the rainfall which has cascaded from fields into streams and rivers.
(10) Possibilities to achieve this both in the curative and the preventive field are restricted mainly due to the insufficient knowledge of their etiopathogenesis.
(11) Consequently, it is important to predict accurately dose for such fields to ensure adequate coverage of the target region and sparing of healthy tissues.
(12) Their receptive fields comprise a temporally and spatially linear mechanism (center plus antagonistic surround) that responds to relatively low spatial frequency stimuli, and a temporally nonlinear mechanism, coextensive with the linear mechanism, that--though broad in extent--responds best to high spatial-frequency stimuli.
(13) No biologic investigation of the hemostatic impairment could be performed under the emergency conditions of this field study.
(14) Hyperosmolar buffer slightly increased the sensitivity and maximal response to methacholine as well as the cholinergic twitch to electric field stimulation.
(15) At sufficiently high field intensities, the reaction may approach a value equal to that of the free enzyme system.
(16) Most of the infection was attributed to T. parva parva by application of field ticks to susceptible cattle.
(17) Components of locomotor activity were measured in an open field.
(18) The field of labeling formed a continuous band from rostro-laterally to caudo-medially.
(19) It has a poor prognosis prior to the current combined treatment of surgical ablation, radiation to the surgical field, and chemotherapy for microscopic metastases.
(20) These are particularly common in the field of sport.
Gridiron
Definition:
(n.) A grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.
(n.) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
(n.) A football field.
Example Sentences:
(1) But all of that has been overshadowed by acts of violence away from the gridiron.
(2) A gridiron incision is excellent for operations for palpable hernias.
(3) Rugby Union, Rugby League, American Football (gridiron), boxing, etc.
(4) In addition, cervical injuries in gridiron football and rugby are outlined.
(5) He dislikes the clubiness of Washington and broke with tradition earlier this year by failing to attend a similar function, the Gridiron dinner.
(6) And while it's true that gridiron jocks can't seem to perform unless interrupted every 10 seconds by schmaltzy corporations peddling their wares, brass bands booming across the pitch and cheerleaders wiggling and jiggling like wind-up titillators, it's also true that American spectators do at least get what they're promised - it may take five hours but eventually they will see 60 minutes of football.
(7) The appearance comes after Obama decided to skip the annual Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, a white-tie affair at which the president traditionally engages in comic skits with senior members of the press corps.
(8) Ominously, the Chargers’ new gridiron stadium has been stuck in bureaucratic gridlock for nearly a decade.
(9) In only 6% of patients was no abnormality found at operation, and in every case the disorder was dealt with through the gridiron incision.
(10) 12.30am GMT Tweet Graham Parker (@KidWeil) @busfield Tonight's games both old school MLS spectacles - gridiron markings on fields for both New England and Seattle games November 3, 2013 12.29am GMT 19 mins It was Nguyen showing the value of the man-on-the-post for corners there, chesting away Myers' header.
(11) He’s our hero, the gridiron savior riding in from the west (well, Hueytown, Alabama, anyway) to awaken Florida State football from its long spell of mediocrity, leading the Seminoles to their first national championship game in 15 years.
(12) Bobby Jindal , fresh off of his audience-slaying comedy routine at the annual Gridiron Club dinner this past weekend.
(13) "Ian Johnson, a former Boise State, All-American, Running Back, in American Gridiron Football, used to crochet all the time," reports Scott Davenport.
(14) Such an arrangement could be beneficial for both sports as footballers have complained about the state of the pitch after gridiron games while NFL players have said the turf cuts up too easily and leads to injury.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest For four quarters, America (and some around the world) tuned in as the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers obliterated each other on the gridiron.
(16) They have the Rooney Rule in gridiron because they similarly had a high number of black players but no black coaches.
(17) We’re going to see the field covered in gridiron markings for the upcoming Seattle Seahawks game — a situation that a grim-faced Sounders GM Adrian Hanauer pointedly feels could have been avoided: It’s the unfortunate reality of a two professional-team stadium with the timing.
(18) The wise heads that run the NFL have clearly not missed the fact that Londoners are going absolutely gangbusters for gridiron.
(19) The state divide led to a number of cross-border skirmishes in the American civil war, which continued in the form of university football (gridiron) fans killing each other in the stands in the early 20th century.