Definitions
1.verbTo intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
2.verb(and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it."The blue team are fielding first, while the reds are batting."
3.verbTo place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game."The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper."
4.verbTo answer; to address."She will field questions immediately after her presentation."
5.verbTo defeat."They fielded a fearsome army."
6.verbTo execute research (in the field)."He fielded the marketing survey about the upcoming product."
7.verbTo deploy in the field."to field a new land-mine detector"
8.nounThe act of one who fields."the fielding of questions from an audience"
9.nounThe role of a fielder.