fallow (redirected from fallowing)

fal·low  (fl)

adj.

1. Plowed but left unseeded during a growing season: fallow farmland.

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.

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[Middle English falow, from Old English fealh, fallow land.]

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fallow·ness n.

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fallow ¹

Adjective

(of land) left unseeded after being ploughed to regain fertility for a future crop [Old English fealga]

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fallow ²

Adjective

light yellowish-brown [Old English fealu]

Thesaurus

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" unploughed, unplowed, unbroken - (of farmland) not plowed; "unplowed fields"; "unbroken land"
	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

adjective 2. inactive, resting, idle, dormant, inert

Translations

fallow [ˈfæləu] adj [land, field] → en barbecho

fallow [ˈfæləu] adj → en jachère; en friche

fallow [ˈfæləu] adj → brach(liegend)

fallow [ˈfæləu] adj → incolto/a; a maggese

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fallow

adj fallow [ˈfӕləu]

(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 neobdělaný brak; uopdyrket brach (liegend) αγρανάπαυση en barbecho kesas آیشی؛ کشت نشده kesantona oleva 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 놀고 있는, 휴학중인, 묵히고 있는 pūdymas atstāt papuvē tanah rang braak brakk(-) leżący odłogiem 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