hockey sur gazon

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.

Example: There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.

Definition: A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.

Example: A crop circle was made in a corn field.

Definition: A place where competitive matches are carried out.

Definition: Any of various figurative meanings, regularly dead metaphors.

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.

Definition: (and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.

Example: The blue team are fielding first, while the reds are batting.

Definition: To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.

Example: The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.

Definition: To answer; to address.

Example: She will field questions immediately after her presentation.

Definition: To defeat.

Example: They fielded a fearsome army.

Definition: To execute research (in the field).

Example: He fielded the marketing survey about the upcoming product.

Definition: To deploy in the field.

Example: to field a new land-mine detector

Phonetic: "/ˈhɒki/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.

Definition: Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick.

Definition: A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, shinny, or ball hockey.