Associations to the word «Downfield»

Wiktionary

DOWNFIELD, adjective. (sports) Toward the defending team's end of the playing field
DOWNFIELD, adjective. (chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal

Dictionary definition

DOWNFIELD, adverb. Toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards".
DOWNFIELD, adjective. Toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he threw to a downfield receiver".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne