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FIELDING
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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:
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
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