Library / English Dictionary

FIELDING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fielding" is a kind of...):

handling; manipulation (the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Derivation:

field (play as a fielder)

field (catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)

Synonyms:

Fielding; Henry Fielding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb field

Credits