infield
verb/ɪnˈfiːld/
Etymology From in- + field.
1
To enclose (a piece of land); make a field of.
infield
noun/ˈɪnfiːld/
Etymology From in- + field.
1
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 May–October, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 20, in A Farewell to Arms, 1st British edition, London: Jonathan Cape […], published 1929, →OCLC, book II, page 138:
2
A constrained scope or area.
- Let’s keep this problem in the infield.
3
Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle An area to cultivate: a field
4
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports 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.
5
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports (as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.
- Jones ran out an infield single.
6
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports 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
- corner infield, infielder, infield fly, infield fly rule, infield hit, infield shift, middle infield