Sekirov Dictionary

infield

/ˈɪnfiːld/

noun 6
adverb 1
/ɪnˈfiːld/ verb 1
forms 5

noun6

•
The area inside a racetrack or running track.
- We left the carriage, bought programmes, and walked across the infield and then across the smooth thick turf of the course to the paddock. — 1929
•
The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
- They covered the infield with a tarp when it started to rain.
•
(as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.
- Jones ran out an infield single.
The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.
•
A constrained scope or area.
- Let’s keep this problem in the infield.
An area to cultivate: a field

adverb1

Toward or into the infield.

infield

/ɪnˈfiːld/

verb1

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

forms

infielded · infielding · infields · more infield · most infield

This dictionary works without the internet: on your phone · in Chrome