field vs wire

field

verb
  • To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it. 

  • To answer; to address. 

  • To execute research (in the field). 

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

  • To deploy in the field. 

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

  • To defeat. 

  • To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it. 

noun
  • The background of the shield. 

  • An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls. 

  • Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal 

  • The extent of a given perception. 

  • A region containing a particular mineral. 

  • A domain of study, knowledge or practice. 

  • The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device. 

  • A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data. 

  • A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity. 

  • A commutative ring satisfying the field axioms. 

  • A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game. 

  • A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield. 

  • A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory. 

  • A competitive situation, circumstances in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals. 

  • The background of the flag. 

  • The open country near or belonging to a town or city. 

  • A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier. 

  • A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored. 

  • An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways. 

  • An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement. 

  • The outfield. 

  • An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force. 

  • A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country. 

  • All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting. 

wire

verb
  • To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot. 

  • To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph. 

  • To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing. 

  • To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way. 

  • To string on a wire. 

  • To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring. 

  • To snare by means of a wire or wires. 

  • To install eavesdropping equipment. 

  • To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired. 

  • To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing). 

  • To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves). 

  • To equip with wires for use with electricity. 

noun
  • Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings. 

  • A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable. 

  • A knitting needle. 

  • Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die. 

  • A telecommunication wire or cable. 

  • An electric telegraph; a telegram. 

  • A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence. 

  • A fence made of usually barbed wire. 

  • A deadline or critical endpoint. 

  • A metal conductor that carries electricity. 

  • A finish line of a racetrack. 

  • A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score. 

  • The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds. 

  • A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game. 

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