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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
| Imperative |
|---|
| fallow |
| fallow |
| Present |
|---|
| I fallow |
| you fallow |
| he/she/it fallows |
| we fallow |
| you fallow |
| they fallow |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I fallowed |
| you fallowed |
| he/she/it fallowed |
| we fallowed |
| you fallowed |
| they fallowed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am fallowing |
| you are fallowing |
| he/she/it is fallowing |
| we are fallowing |
| you are fallowing |
| they are fallowing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have fallowed |
| you have fallowed |
| he/she/it has fallowed |
| we have fallowed |
| you have fallowed |
| they have fallowed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was fallowing |
| you were fallowing |
| he/she/it was fallowing |
| we were fallowing |
| you were fallowing |
| they were fallowing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had fallowed |
| you had fallowed |
| he/she/it had fallowed |
| we had fallowed |
| you had fallowed |
| they had fallowed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will fallow |
| you will fallow |
| he/she/it will fallow |
| we will fallow |
| you will fallow |
| they will fallow |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have fallowed |
| you will have fallowed |
| he/she/it will have fallowed |
| we will have fallowed |
| you will have fallowed |
| they will have fallowed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be fallowing |
| you will be fallowing |
| he/she/it will be fallowing |
| we will be fallowing |
| you will be fallowing |
| they will be fallowing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been fallowing |
| you have been fallowing |
| he/she/it has been fallowing |
| we have been fallowing |
| you have been fallowing |
| they have been fallowing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been fallowing |
| you will have been fallowing |
| he/she/it will have been fallowing |
| we will have been fallowing |
| you will have been fallowing |
| they will have been fallowing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been fallowing |
| you had been fallowing |
| he/she/it had been fallowing |
| we had been fallowing |
| you had been fallowing |
| they had been fallowing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would fallow |
| you would fallow |
| he/she/it would fallow |
| we would fallow |
| you would fallow |
| they would fallow |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have fallowed |
| you would have fallowed |
| he/she/it would have fallowed |
| we would have fallowed |
| you would have fallowed |
| they would have fallowed |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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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
[ˈfæləʊ] adj [land, field] → en jachèreto lie fallow → être en jachère fallow deer n → daim 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. braak, onbebou, onbewerk غَير مَزروعَه незасят sem cultivo neobdělaný brach brak; uopdyrket αγρανάπαυση en barbecho kesas آیشی؛ کشت نشده kesanto- en friche שְׂדֶה בּוּר परती छोड़ देना na ugaru (iskopano, ali nezasijano polje) parlagon hagyott terbengkalai hvíldar-, sem er ekki ræktaður incolto 休閑中の 개간하지 않은 pūdymas atstāt papuvē tanah rang braak brakk leżący odłogiem شودياره، سادين، شاره (يوې سوې مځكه) em pousio/de ...? sem cultivo necultivat необработанный ležiaci ladom neobdelan preorana zemlja träda ซึ่งยังไม่ได้เพาะปลูก nadas 休耕的 земля під паром, пар نا کاشتہ bỏ hoang; không canh tác 休耕的
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