fallow (redirected from fallows)

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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fallow¹

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) land treated in this way

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to leave (land) unseeded after ploughing and harrowing it

[Old English fealga; related to Greek polos ploughed field]

fallowness  n

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fallow²

adj

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / 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]

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 The fields lay fallow.

2. inactive, resting, idle, dormant, inert There followed something of a fallow period.

Translations

fallow [ˈfæləʊ]

A. ADJ (Agr) → en barbecho (fig) [period] → improductivo
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 jachère
to lie fallow → être en jachère
fallow deer n → daim m

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fallow¹

adj

(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

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fallow²

adj → falb, gelbbraun

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fallow [ˈfæləʊ] adj → incolto/a, a maggese
to lie fallow → rimanere a maggese

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fallow [ˈfæləʊ] adj → incolto/a, a maggese
to lie fallow → rimanere 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 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 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