Crossword clues for afield
afield
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Afield \A*field"\, adv. [Pref. a- + field.]
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To, in, or on the field. ``We drove afield.''
--Milton.How jocund did they drive their team afield!
--Gray. -
Out of the way; astray.
Why should he wander afield at the age of fifty-five!
--Trollope.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
adv. 1 away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further). 2 On the field.
WordNet
adv. far away from home or one's usual surroundings; "looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall [syn: abroad]
in or into a field (especially a field of battle); "the armies were afield, challenging the enemy's advance"; "unlawful to carry hunting rifles afield until the season opens"
off the subject; beyond the point at issue; "such digressions can lead us too far afield"
Usage examples of "afield".
So he went to his place and fell asleep and slept long, while the women went down to acre and meadow, or saw to the baking of bread or the sewing of garments, or went far afield to tend the neat and the sheep.
Ye say, it shall soon pass over and we shall fare afield And reap the wheat with the war-sword and winnow in the shield.
Everywhere they saw men and women working afield, but no houses of worthy yeomen or vavassors, or cots of good husbandmen.
I have told thee, that here be no freemen who work afield, nay, nor villeins either.
Waned the day and I hied me afield, and thereafter I sat with the mighty when daylight was done, But with great men beside me, midst high-hearted laughter, I deemed me of all men the gainfullest one.
And I am thy champion and the fierce warrior afield, and that also is for thine helping.
I was especially happy whenever I was sent afield to take the place of some peasant shepherd who was ill or drunk or otherwise incapacitated, for I enjoyed being by myself in the green pastures, and the herding of sheep is no backbreaking job.
Numerous monks and peasants working afield goggled as I flashed past them, and Brother Vitalis was sweeping the dorter when I lunged in there.
But he is the man I send afield for my raw material, and he has always been able to find for me the mud of the slimiest consistency and most nauseous stench.
Frido and I went farther afield, now on horseback, and now along the shores of the Amber Coast.
Sirius could now travel far afield and doctor sick sheep without Pugh having to accompany him.
Most of his journeys were local or to one of the airports, but he had some customers who went further afield for various reasons, though they travelled in his Vauxhall saloon, not this utilitarian van.
Yet, as years went on and the boy still drew, even going further afield on Sunday tramping to the lead mines at Alston or Allendale, the man recognized that the boy had something that should be cultivated.
Either that or they are going farther afield in the back of one of the wagons.
Any picture would have been acceptable to them, and that day many of them even went far afield to obtain a copy of that newspaper.