afield

• POS: Adverb
• HYPHEN: a=field

CIDE DICTIONARY

afield, adv. [Pref. a- + field.].

•  To, in, or on the field.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

  "How jocund did they drive their team afield!"  [1913 Webster]
•  Out of the way; astray.  [1913 Webster]

  "Why should he wander afield at the age of fifty-five!"  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

afield, adv.
1 away from home; to or at a distance ( esp. far afield).
2 in the field.

Etymology

OE (as A(2), FIELD)

ROGET THESAURUS

afield

Presence

N presence, occupancy, occupation, attendance, whereness, permeation, pervasion, diffusion, ubiety, ubiquity, ubiquitariness, omnipresence, bystander, present, occupying, inhabiting, moored, resiant, resident, residentiary, domiciled, ubiquitous, ubiquitary, omnipresent, universally present, peopled, populous, full of people, inhabited, here, there, where, everywhere, aboard, on board, at home, afield, here there and everywhere, in presence of, before, under the eyes of, under the nose of, in the face of, in propria persona, on the spot, in person, in the flesh, nusquam est qui ubique est.