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LEFT FIELD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate)
Synonyms:
left field; leftfield
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("left field" is a kind of...):
position ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player)
Holonyms ("left field" is a member of...):
baseball team (a team that plays baseball)
Derivation:
left fielder (the person who plays left field)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
Example:
the batter flied out to left
Synonyms:
left; left field; leftfield
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("left field" is a kind of...):
parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)
Holonyms ("left field" is a part of...):
outfield (the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases)
Derivation:
left fielder (the person who plays left field)
