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Verb field has 4 senses

field - catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
--₁ is one way to handle, palm

Derived forms: noun fielder₂, noun field₈, noun fielding₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
field - play as a fielder
--₂ is one way to play

Derived forms: noun field₈, noun fielder₂, noun fielder₁, noun fielding₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
field - answer adequately or successfully; "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"
--₃ is one way to answer, reply, respond
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
field - select (a team or individual player) for a game; "The Patriots fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"
--₄ is one way to choose, take, select, pick out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody