field
part of speech
noun (field, fields); verb (field, fields, fielded — to catch the ball in cricket or baseball)
meaning for a pupil
1) A field is a big open piece of land, often with grass or crops. tree →
2) A field is a place for playing sports, like a football field. tree →
3) A field is a subject or area of work, like the field of science. tree →
4) To field is to catch or stop the ball in cricket or baseball. tree →
sense in the lessons
maths: an area or a shape with length and width; perimeter (fence around: add the sides) or area (grass, crops inside: length × width); rows of crops; science: field trips, studying plants in a field; everyday life: playing fields, sports day; phrases: «field trip», «a level playing field»
examples
- The field is 60 m long and 40 m wide. tree →
- How long is the fence around the field? tree →
- Each field has 30 rows of corn. tree →
- The football field is 100 yards long. tree →
- Cows are eating grass in the field. tree →
- Our class went on a field trip. tree →
- She works in the field of medicine. tree →
- He fielded the ball and threw it back. tree →
note
Fencing around = perimeter (add sides); covering = area (length × width). Trap: decide whether the problem asks around or inside. Spelling: «i before e»: f-i-e-l-d.
In the corpora
- The common pheasant in British fields was brought from Asia long ago for hunting.
- Rabbits do eat crops and young vegetables, so farmers see them as pests and fence their fields.
- In Kenya, farmers hang beehives along fences, and the elephants keep away from their fields.
- Gulls follow a tractor ploughing a field, because ploughing turns up worms and grubs.
- Beaver dams slow floods, clean water and make ponds full of life, though some farmers worry about flooded fields.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «field» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.