Infield Definition

ĭnfēld
noun
The square area enclosed by the four base lines on a baseball field.
Webster's New World
The defensive positions of first base, second base, third base, and shortstop considered as a unit.
American Heritage
The land of a farm nearest the farmhouse.
Webster's New World
The infielders collectively, or the area covered by them.
Webster's New World
The area inside a racetrack or running track: field events of a track meet are often held on it.
Webster's New World
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verb

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

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Other Word Forms of Infield

Noun

Singular:
infield
Plural:
infields

Origin of Infield

  • From in- +‎ field.

    From Wiktionary

Infield Sentence Examples

  • The game is played on a dirt infield and grass outfield called a diamond.

  • Farms were divided into infield and outfield; corn crops followed one another without the intervention of fallow, cultivated herbage or turnips, though something is said about fallowing the outfield; enclosures were very rare; the tenantry had not begun to emerge from a state of great poverty and depression; and the wages of labour, compared with the price of corn, were much lower than at present, though that price, at least in ordinary years, must appear extremely moderate in our times.

  • However, Paul Parry was fit again and replaced him with Langley moving infield.

  • Either runs weren't made (Halle, Maybury) or runs came infield (Bruno) and left them too few options.

  • Twelve minutes into the half, James Brooks skilfully gathered a clearance kick and moved the ball infield to Hoadley.

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