Noun

(en noun)

The third season of the year; autumn; fall.

The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.

The process of harvesting, gathering the ripened crop.

The yield of harvesting, i.e. the gathered crops or fruits.

This year's cotton harvest''' was great but the corn '''harvest was disastrous.

* 1911 , (Jack London), The Whale Tooth

*:The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest' of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the ' harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.

* Shakespeare

To glean the broken ears after the man / That the main harvest reaps.

(by extension) The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.

* Fuller

The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.

* Wordsworth

the harvest of a quiet eye

(paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.

* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=

, title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=20 citation , passage=Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.}}

Noun

(en noun)

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

A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.

* (Lord Byron) (1788-1824)

fields which promise corn and wine

*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny

, chapter=5, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields .”}}

The open country near or belonging to a town or city—usually used in plural.

*

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields , in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.}}

A physical phenomenon, such as force, potential, or fluid velocity, that pervades a region.

(senseid)A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-10, author=Audrey Garric

, volume=188, issue=22, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Urban canopies let nature bloom , passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field .}}

An area that can be seen at a given time.

(senseid)A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

this glorious and well-foughten field

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

What though the field be lost?

An area reserved for playing a game.

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

(senseid)(label) A commutative ring with identity for which every non element has a multiplicative inverse.

(label) A region containing a particular mineral.

(label) The background of the shield.

(label) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.

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

A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of characters.

The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by the other team (the bat).

(label) The outfield.

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

* (1800-1859)

afforded a clear field for moral experiments

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