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of (ŭv, ŏv; əv when unstressed )

[Middle English, from Old English.]

prep. 

  1. Derived or coming from; originating at or from: customs of the South.
  2. Caused by; resulting from: a death of tuberculosis.
  3. Away from; at a distance from: a mile east of here.
  4. So as to be separated or relieved from: robbed of one's dignity; cured of distemper.
  5. From the total or group comprising: give of one's time; two of my friends; most of the cases.
  6. Composed or made from: a dress of silk.
  7. Associated with or adhering to: people of your religion.
  8. Belonging or connected to: the rungs of a ladder.
    1. Possessing; having: a person of honor.
    2. On one's part: very nice of you.
  10. Containing or carrying: a basket of groceries.
  11. Specified as; named or called: a depth of ten feet; the Garden of Eden.
  12. Centering on; directed toward: a love of horses.
  13. Produced by; issuing from: products of the vine.
  14. Characterized or identified by: a year of famine.
    1. With reference to; about: think highly of her proposals; will speak of it later.
    2. In respect to: slow of speech.
  16. Set aside for; taken up by: a day of rest.
  17. Before; until: five minutes of two.
  18. During or on a specified time: of recent years.
  19. By: beloved of the family.
  20. Used to indicate an appositive: that idiot of a driver.
  21. Archaic On: “A plague of all cowards, I say” (Shakespeare)

usage note

Usage Note: Grammarians have sometimes objected to the so-called double genitive construction, as in a friend of my father's; a book of mine. But the construction has been used in English since the 14th century and serves a useful purpose. It can help sort out ambiguous phrases like Bob's photograph, which could refer either to a photograph of Bob (that is, revealing Bob's image) or to one in Bob's possession. A photograph of Bob's, can only be a photo that Bob has in his possession, which may or may not show Bob's image. Moreover, in some sentences the double genitive offers the only way to express what is meant. There is no substitute for it in a sentence such as That's the only friend of yours that I've ever met, since sentences such as That's your only friend that I've ever met and That's your only friend, whom I've ever met are awkward or inaccurate.
OF

abbreviation 

  1. outfield
  2. outfielder
out·field (out́fēld́)

noun 

Baseball
  1. The playing area extending outward from the diamond, divided into left, center, and right field.
  2. The position played by an outfielder.
  3. The members of a team playing in the outfield.
out·field·er (out́fēĺdər)

noun 

Baseball
A player who defends left, center, or right field.