Definitions for fallowˈfæl oʊ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fal•lowˈfæl oʊ(adj.)
(of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
Category: Agriculture
not in use; inactive:
creative energies lying fallow.
Category: Common Vocabulary
(n.)land that has undergone plowing and harrowing and has been left unseeded for one or more growing seasons.
Category: Agriculture
(v.t.)to make (land) fallow for agricultural purposes.
Category: Agriculture
Origin of fallow:
1275–1325; ME falwe
fal′low•ness(n.)
fal•lowˈfæl oʊ(adj.)
pale yellow-brown.
Origin of fallow:
bef. 1000; ME, OE fealu
Princeton's WordNet
fallow(adj)
cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
fallow(adj)
left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
"fallow farmland"
fallow(adj)
undeveloped but potentially useful
"a fallow gold market"
Webster Dictionary
Fallow(adj)
pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound
Fallow(noun)
left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground
Fallow(noun)
plowed land
Fallow(noun)
land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season
Fallow(noun)
the plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds
Fallow(noun)
to plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; as, it is profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey land
Translations for fallow
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
fallow(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, onbewerkAfrikaans
- غَير مَزروعَهArabic
- незасятBulgarian
- sem cultivoPortuguese (BR)
- neobdělanýCzech
- brach (liegend)German
- brak; uopdyrketDanish
- αγρανάπαυσηGreek
- en barbechoSpanish
- kesasEstonian
- آیشی؛ کشت نشدهFarsi
- kesanto-Finnish
- en fricheFrench
- שְׂדֶה בּוּרHebrew
- परती छोड़ देनाHindi
- na ugaru (iskopano, ali nezasijano polje)Croatian
- parlagon hagyottHungarian
- terbengkalaiIndonesian
- hvíldar-, sem er ekki ræktaðurIcelandic
- incoltoItalian
- 休閑中のJapanese
- 개간하지 않은Korean
- pūdymasLithuanian
- atstāt papuvēLatvian
- tanah rangMalay
- braakDutch
- brakk(-)Norwegian
- leżący odłogiemPolish
- آیشی؛ کشت نشدهPersian
- شودياره، سادين، شاره (يوې سوې مځكه)Pashto
- em pousio/de ...? sem cultivoPortuguese
- necultivatRomanian
- необработанныйRussian
- ležiaci ladomSlovak
- neobdelanSlovenian
- preorana zemljaSerbian
- trädaSwedish
- ซึ่งยังไม่ได้เพาะปลูกThai
- nadasTurkish
- 休耕的Chinese (Trad.)
- земля під паром, парUkrainian
- نا کاشتہUrdu
- bỏ hoang; không canh tácVietnamese
- 休耕的Chinese (Simp.)
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