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fallow
marked by inactivity; plowed unseeded land: They let the land go fallow for a season.
Not to be confused with:
follow – to go after; pursue; obey: follow one’s instincts
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fal·low
(făl′ō)adj.
1.
a. Plowed but left unseeded during a growing season: soil erosion from fallow fields.
b. Left unplowed and unseeded: fields that had been fallow for many years.
2. Characterized by inactivity: a fallow gold market.
n.
1. Land left unseeded during a growing season.
2. The act of plowing land and leaving it unseeded.
3. The condition or period of being unseeded.
tr.v. fal·lowed, fal·low·ing, fal·lows
1. To plow (land) without seeding it afterward.
2. To plow and till (land), especially to eradicate or reduce weeds.
[Middle English falow, from Old English fealh, fallow land.]
fal′low·ness n.
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fallow
(ˈfæləʊ)adj
1. (Agriculture) (of land) left unseeded after being ploughed and harrowed to regain fertility for a crop
2. (of an idea, state of mind, etc) undeveloped or inactive, but potentially useful
n
(Agriculture) land treated in this way
vb
(Agriculture) (tr) to leave (land) unseeded after ploughing and harrowing it
[Old English fealga; related to Greek polos ploughed field]
ˈfallowness n
fallow
(ˈfæləʊ)adj
(Colours) of a light yellowish-brown colour
[Old English fealu; related to Old Norse fölr, Old Saxon, Old High German falo, Latin pallidus Greek polios grey]
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fal•low1
(ˈfæl oʊ)adj.
1. (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
2. not in use; inactive: creative energies lying fallow.
n. 3. land that has undergone plowing and harrowing and has been left unseeded for one or more growing seasons.
v.t. 4. to make (land) fallow for agricultural purposes.
[1275–1325; Middle English falwe]
fal′low•ness, n.
fal•low2
(ˈfæl oʊ)adj.
pale yellow-brown.
[before 1000; Middle English, Old English fealu]
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fallow
Past participle: fallowed
Gerund: fallowing
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Noun | 1. | fallow - cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, cultivated land, farmland, tilth - arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops |
Adj. | 1. | fallow - left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; "fallow farmland" |
2. | fallow - undeveloped but potentially useful; "a fallow gold market" unexploited, undeveloped - undeveloped or unused; "vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources"; "taxes on undeveloped lots are low" |
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fallow
adjective
1. uncultivated, unused, undeveloped, unplanted, untilled The fields lay fallow.
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Translations
غَير مَزروعَه
neobdělanýúhor
brakuopdyrket
joutilasjoutomaakehittymätönkesannoidakesanto
parlagparlagon hagyottugar
hvíldar-, sem er ekki ræktaîur
pūdymas
atstāt papuvēpapuves-
ležiaci ladom
fallow
[ˈfæləʊ]A. ADJ (Agr) → en barbecho (fig) [period] → improductivo
to lie fallow (Agr) → estar en barbecho (fig) → quedar sin utilizar, no ser utilizado
to lie fallow (Agr) → estar en barbecho (fig) → quedar sin utilizar, no ser utilizado
B. N (Agr) → barbecho m
C. CPD fallow deer N → gamo m
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fallow
1adj
(Agr: = unused) → brachliegend; most of the fields are (lying) fallow → die meisten Felder liegen brach; to leave land fallow, to let land lie fallow → Land brachliegen lassen
(fig: = inactive) period → unproduktiv
fallow
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fallow
(ˈfӕləu) adjective (of land) left to its own natural growth and not planted with seeds. We will let this field lie fallow for a year; fallow fields.
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