What does "infield" mean?

The area inside a racetrack or running track.

Infield

Common synonyms include: archery ground, athletic field, badminton court, baseball diamond, baseball diamond, baseball field.

//ˈɪnfiːld// adv, noun, verb

adv, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
The area inside a racetrack or running track.
"We left the carriage, bought programmes, and walked across the infield and then across the smooth thick turf of the course to the paddock."
2
the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate wordnet
3
A constrained scope or area.
"Let’s keep this problem in the infield."
4
An area to cultivate: a field
5
The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
"They covered the infield with a tarp when it started to rain."

Show 2 more definitions

6
(as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.
"Jones ran out an infield single."
7
The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.

Verb

Adverb

1
Toward or into the infield.
"[Huw] Jones was also involved in the second try, which started when [Finn] Russell received the ball near his own 22 and immediately detected that England’s defence was narrow, with Jonny May having strayed infield."