Burying ground
() Alt. of Burying place |
Field
(n.) Cleared land |
Field
(n.) A piece of land of considerable size |
Field
(n.) A place where a battle is fought |
Field
(n.) An open space |
Field
(n.) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected. |
Field
(n.) The space covered by an optical instrument at one view. |
Field
(n.) The whole surface of an escutcheon |
Field
(n.) An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement |
Field
(n.) A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting. |
Field
(n.) That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond |
Field
(v. i.) To take the field. |
Field
(v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball. |
Field
(v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder. |
Football
(n.) An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather. |
Football
(n.) The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals. |
Ground
(imp. & p. p.) of Grind |
Ground
(n.) The surface of the earth |
Ground
(n.) A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth. |
Ground
(n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface |
Ground
(n.) Land |
Ground
(n.) The basis on which anything rests |
Ground
(n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another |
Ground
(n.) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief. |
Ground
(n.) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied |
Ground
(n.) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle. |
Ground
(n.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached |
Ground
(n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody. |
Ground
(n.) The tune on which descants are raised |
Ground
(n.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground
(n.) Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids |
Ground
(n.) The pit of a theater. |
Ground
(v. t.) To lay, set, or run, on the ground. |
Ground
(v. t.) To found |
Ground
(v. t.) To instruct in elements or first principles. |
Ground
(v. t.) To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground
(v. t.) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5) |
Ground
(v. i.) To run aground |
Ground
() imp. & p. p. of Grind. |
Middle-ground
(n.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. |
Pitch
(n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships |
Pitch
(n.) See Pitchstone. |
Pitch
(n.) To cover over or smear with pitch. |
Pitch
(n.) Fig.: To darken |
Pitch
(v. t.) To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose |
Pitch
(v. t.) To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles |
Pitch
(v. t.) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway. |
Pitch
(v. t.) To fix or set the tone of |
Pitch
(v. t.) To set or fix, as a price or value. |
Pitch
(v. i.) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation |
| pitch | the action or manner of throwing something, his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor |
| pitch delivery | (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter |
change-up
change-of-pace
change-of-pace ball
off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
| overhand pitch | a baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder |
submarine ball
submarine pitch | a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead |
| wild pitch | an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base |
grounder
ground ball
groundball
hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
| football score | the score in a football game |
| field goal | a score in American football, a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents' goal posts |
basket
field goal | a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop |
| field trip | a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination |
| lurch pitch pitching | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance), the pitching and tossing was quite exciting |
outdoor sport
field sport | a sport that is played outdoors |
| track and field | participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it |
| field game | an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions |
field hockey
hockey | a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field, two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net |
football
football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal |
American football
American football game | a game played by two teams of players on a rectangular field yards long, teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays |
| professional football | football played for pay |
| touch football | a version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackled |
rugby
rugby football
rugger | a form of football played with an oval ball |
soccer
association football | a football game in which two teams of players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal |
| pitch auction pitch | an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump |
| football play | (American football) a play by the offensive team |
| ground stroke | a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once |
| pitch pitch shot | a high approach shot in golf |
| field work | an investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters |
dark ground illumination
dark field illumination | a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light, specimens appear luminous against a dark background |
left field
leftfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate) |
center field
centerfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield |
right field
rightfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate) |
quarterback
signal caller
field general | (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team, quarterback is the most important position on the team |
| field trial | a test of young hunting dogs to determine their skill in pointing and retrieving |
| field press censorship | security review of news (including all information or material intended for dissemination to the public) subject to the jurisdiction of the armed forces |
| ground attack | an attack by ground troops |
field
field of operation
line of business | a particular kind of commercial enterprise, they are outstanding in their field |
| Bosworth Field | the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (), Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII |
Flodden
Battle of Flodden Field | a battle in , the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed |
field sparrow
Spizella pusilla | common North American finch of brushy pasturelands |
ground-shaker
seismosaur | huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America |
ground snake
Sonora semiannulata | small shy brightlyinged terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America |
eastern ground snake
Potamophis striatula
Haldea striatula | in some classifications placed in genus Haldea, small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America |
ground rattler
massasauga Sistrurus miliaris | small pygmy rattlesnake |
| ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms |
| field spaniel | large usually black hunting and retrieving spaniel with a dense flat or slightly wavy coat, cross between cocker and Sussex spaniel |
ground beetle
carabid beetle | predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects |
field cricket
Acheta assimilis | common American black cricket, attacks crops and also enters dwellings |
| field mouse fieldmouse | any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens |
vole
field mouse | any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows |
ground squirrel
gopher spermophile | any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds, often destroy crops |