different between outfield vs infield

English

Etymology

out- +? field

Pronunciation

Noun

outfield (plural outfields)

1. (baseball, softball) The region of the field between the infield and the outer fence.

   He hit a long fly ball to the outfield in the gap to left.

2. (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.
3. (Scotland, agriculture) Arable land continually cropped without being manured.
4. (Scotland, agriculture) Any open field at a distance from the farmsteading.

Antonyms

• infield

Derived terms

• outfielder

Translations

Verb

outfield (third-person singular simple present outfields, present participle outfielding, simple past and past participle outfielded)

1. (baseball, cricket) To perform better in defense (fielding).

Anagrams

• filed out

English

Etymology

From in- +? field.

Pronunciation

• (noun, adjective, adverb) IPA^(key): /??nfi?ld/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /?n?fi?ld/

Noun

infield (plural infields)

1. The area inside a racetrack or running track.
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 126:

     We left the carriage, bought programs, and walked across the infield and then across the smooth thick turf of the course to the paddock.

2. A constrained scope or area.

3. (agriculture) An area to cultivate: a field
4. (baseball) The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.

5. (baseball) (as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.

6. (cricket) The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.

Antonyms

• outfield

Derived terms

• infielder
• infield fly
• infield hit

Translations

Verb

infield (third-person singular simple present infields, present participle infielding, simple past and past participle infielded)

1. (transitive) To enclose (a piece of land); make a field of.

Adverb

infield (comparative more infield, superlative most infield)

1. Toward or into the infield.

Anagrams

• infidel, infiled

Spanish

Noun

infield m (plural infields)

1. (baseball) infield