What's the difference between field and outfield?

Field


Definition:

  • (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.

Outfield


Definition:

  • (n.) Arable land which has been or is being exhausted. See Infield, 1.
  • (n.) A field beyond, or separated from, the inclosed land about the homestead; an uninclosed or unexplored tract. Also used figuratively.
  • (n.) The part of the field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is occupied by the fielders.
  • (n.) The part of the field farthest from the batsman.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He was accused of disrespecting the FA Cup with such a weakened team but he mounted a strong defence, referencing the club’s seven injuries that have left him with only 13 fit senior outfield players.
  • (2) In any case, Alberto Callaspo pops up to the outfield for the first out of the bottom of the third.
  • (3) Obviously there are no rules against it but assigning the No1 shirt to an outfield player seems very unusual.
  • (4) The Cubs outfielder, who could void any trade out of Chicago, has said he just needs a few days to decide if he wants to allow the deal to happen, one which would provide the Bronx Bombers with a badly needed right-handed power bat, so please just be patient, OK?
  • (5) 3.52am BST Tigers 3 - A's 0, top of the 8th Infante hits a looper to the outfield that looks like it could drop, but Crisp gets to it in time for the out.
  • (6) He has taken away no fewer than four home runs this season in center field and has become one of the most dynamic outfielders in the game.
  • (7) My medical department left me with eight fit [outfield] players in a counterattack after a set piece and we were worried we didn’t have enough players left.” It was a peculiar angle for Mourinho to take, perhaps because he was adamant he did not want to talk about a more damaging bone of contention.
  • (8) They did also acquire Fernando Rodney to close and solidify the bullpen , and bring in Logan Morrison from Miami to possibly DH and Corey Hart to play the outfield - so they’ll score more runs than the previous season, which would mark an improvement in run scoring for a sixth consecutive year, and that is progress I suppose.
  • (9) There would have still been issues with the Milwaukee Brewers outfielder, it would not have been a cure-all, but there are some out there who would have, at the very least, respected his decision to acknowledge his error and return his honor.
  • (10) But currently we have 20 outfield players and three goalkeepers, so it is not a big, big squad,” he told TalkSport.
  • (11) He pops it up to the outfield to the end the inning to become Wacha's 15th straight batter retired.
  • (12) An outfield player in his youth, Amos only became a goalkeeper at his local Bollington club in Macclesfield because his junior team were short of players one day and he was the tallest option.
  • (13) Braun tested positive for elevated testosterone in October 2011, but successfully overturned a 50-game penalty when an arbitrator ruled the outfielder's urine sample was handled improperly.
  • (14) Green carpet, the stands and the fans, so it’s one of the nicest sights that you want to see.” The turnout validated and bolstered the work being carried out by the Montreal Baseball Project, a grassroots group headed by the former Expos outfielder Warren Cromartie , who started out on his mission four years ago.
  • (15) He also won five outfield Gold Glove Awards and played in 15 All-Star Games.
  • (16) All outfield players jostle on the edge of the area, bar Assou-Ekotto, who swings one into the far post.
  • (17) So if it still seems perverse that there’s no place for Donovan to provide depth in the squad, it’s at least becoming clearer that part of the reasoning behind Klinsmann’s big decision was, as he has claimed, based on his vision for the team and picking the right players to serve it, rather than squeezing all the top-ranked handful of US outfield players into one team.
  • (18) That's fullest I've seen Dodger Stadium for 1st pitch.Usually most people in traffic jam now October 15, 2013 1.17am BST Cardinals 0 - Dodgers 0, top of 1st Matt Holliday now faces Ryu, who induces another pop fly ball, this time it's on the right side of the outfield where the Wild Horse, Yasiel Puig grazes - the ripped Cuban makes the catch for out number two.
  • (19) No difference in estimated body fat percentage was observed between any of the outfield players, and haemoglobin concentrations were similar among players of all positions.
  • (20) And then they find a further delay, some kind of situation in the outfield with Eranga, who's had some kind of affair thrown at him from the stand; Bumble thinks it's a piece of cheese, Wensleydale, no doubt.

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