infield
/ˈɪnfiːld/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.01 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The area inside a racetrack or running track.
noun
A constrained scope or area.
noun
The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
noun
(as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.
noun
The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.
adv
Toward or into the infield.
Example Sentences
- "We left the carriage, bought programmes, and walked across the infield and then across the smooth thick turf of the course to the paddock."
- "Let’s keep this problem in the infield."
- "They covered the infield with a tarp when it started to rain."
- "Jones ran out an infield single."
- "[Huw] Jones was also involved in the second try, which started when [Finn] Russell received the ball near his own 22 and immediately detected that England’s defence was narrow, with Jonny May having strayed infield."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English field English infield From in- + field.
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Sports.
Inflected Forms
infields (plural)
infields (present, singular)
infielding (participle, present)
infielded (participle, past)
infielded (past)
more infield (comparative)
most infield (superlative)