infield vs third

infield

noun
  • The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base. 

  • A constrained scope or area. 

  • An area to cultivate: a field 

  • (as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield. 

  • The area inside a racetrack or running track. 

  • The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg. 

adv
  • Toward or into the infield. 

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

third

noun
  • third base 

  • The person or thing in the third position. 

  • One of three equal parts of a whole. 

  • The third gear of a gearbox. 

  • A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme 

  • An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale. 

  • A handicap of one stroke every third hole. 

verb
  • To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded. 

  • To divide into three equal parts. 

adj
  • The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second. 

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