Dictionary Entry

afield

Part of SpeechadverbPronunciation/əˈfiːld/Used In Literature ↓

Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further).

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Common Phrases

. afieldafield farafield furtherafield fartherafield sportsafield goafield went

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Poetry examples for “afield”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Afield for palms the girls repair,
And sure enough the palms are there,

By blowing realms of woodland
With sunstruck vanes afield
And cloud-led shadows sailing

And mist blew off from Teme,
And blithe afield to ploughing
Against the morning beam

And mist blew off from Teme,
And blithe afield to ploughing
Against the morning beam

That drive afield with carts and ploughs?
Such men are common here,

Oer garments renten clambering over stiles.
Yet in the morning fresh afield they hie,
Bidding the last day's troubles all goodbye;

27. _Drive their team afield_. Cf. _Lycidas_, 27: "We drove afield;"
and Dryden,_ Virgil's Ecl._ ii. 38: "With me to drive afield."

Their Furrow oft the stubborn Glebe has broke;
How jocund did they they drive their Team afield!
How bow'd the Woods beneath their sturdy Stroke!

Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke;
How jocund did they drive their team afield!
How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!