Wiktionary
a. 1 (context sports English) Toward the defending team's end of the playing field 2 (context chemistry English) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal
WordNet
adj. toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he threw to a downfield receiver"
adv. toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards"
Wikipedia
Downfield may refer to:
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Downfield, Dundee, an area of Dundee, Scotland
- Downfield F.C., a Scottish junior football club based in the Downfield area of Dundee
- Downfield Sixth Form, a sixth-form college located in Stroud, Gloucestershire
Usage examples of "downfield".
He does a kamikaze linebacker blitz straight through the skaters, barrels them down like bowling pins, catches Ho, and keeps running downfield towards the moving flatbed of the Bronco.
Instead of using every ounce of will to make it downfield to catch a pass, they see themselves running ahead and meeting the ball as if destined.
Jimmy had just kicked the soccer ball downfield when he saw the policeman standing on the side, watching the game.
Terry Madden left the pocket, what there was of it, and headed toward the sideline, looking downfield for someone to throw to.
Later, following a pair of hard sacks, it was fourth and thirty, and Theresa scrambled and pumped faked twice, then broke downfield, one of the whippets catching her, throwing his hard little body at her belly.
He had come with Coach Small, who had taught me to throw a curve ball, and Coach Singleton, who had shared the secrets of downfield blocking with me.
Neil Michaels moved through the crowds of soldiers and sailors and gawking civilians like a halfback evading tacklers and heading downfield.
The German player had dribbled his soccer ball downfield an was right at the Russian goalpost when my football bounced in front of him.