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Meaning of fallow

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

fallow

Pronunciation:/ˈfæləʊ//ˈfæloʊ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.

  2. Uncultivated land.

  3. The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.

adjective

Definitions

  1. (of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.

  2. (of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.

  3. Inactive; undeveloped.

    Example: a fallow period in one's career

fallow

Pronunciation:/ˈfæləʊ//ˈfæloʊ/

adjective

Definitions

  1. (color) Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.

    Example: a fallow deer or greyhound