0 present participle of field --
1 to catch or pick up the ball after it has been hit in a game such as cricket or baseball, and to try to prevent the other team from scoring: --
3 to have or produce a team of people to take part in an activity or event: --
The company fielded a group of experts to take part in the conference.
Before fielding equipment, the supplier is the chief of defence procurement, and afterwards it is the chief of defence logistics.
It runs an extremely effective domestic violence helpline, fielding about 15,000 calls per year.
The final step will lead to the fielding of tactical systems built to common standards.
One is reduced to fielding positions which can be somewhat hazardous.
It has been derived from the fielding action of catching that there had been a trap in the field, because of which the catching action could take place.
Although we speak of it as a team sport, baseball is often as much about individual accomplishments and records as it is about fielding a team of nine.
Since 2005, we have rewritten large swaths of our internal infrastructure, fielding systems more sophisticated than previously possible, and far more efficient.
By fielding a candidate in the constituency race, a small party might heighten voter awareness.
