outfield
(noun) the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases
Source: WordNet® 3.1
outfield (plural outfields)
(baseball, softball) The region of the field between the infield and the outer fence.
(cricket) The region of the field roughly outside of the infield or the wicket-keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.
(Scotland, agriculture) Arable land continually cropped without being manured.
(Scotland, agriculture) Any open field at a distance from the farmsteading.
• infield
outfield (third-person singular simple present outfields, present participle outfielding, simple past and past participle outfielded)
(baseball, cricket) To perform better in defense (fielding).
• filed out
Source: Wiktionary
Out"field`, n.
1. Arable land which has been or is being exhausted. See Infield, 1. [Scot.]
2. A field beyond, or separated from, the inclosed land about the homestead; an uninclosed or unexplored tract. Also used figuratively. The great outfield of thought or fact. Trench.
3. (Baseball)
Definition: The part of the field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is occupied by the fielders.
4. (Cricket)
Definition: The part of the field farthest from the batsman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 May 2024
(verb) be in a state of movement or action; “The room abounded with screaming children”; “The garden bristled with toddlers”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
