fallow

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈfæləʊ/
• (America) enPR: fălʹō, IPA: /ˈfæloʊ/

Noun

fallow

1. (agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
2. (agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.
3. The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.

   • By a complete summer fallow, land is rendered tender and mellow. The fallow gives it a better tilth than can be given by a fallow crop.

Translations

• French: jachère
• German: Grünbrache, Kulturbrache, Rotationsbrache
• Italian: maggese
• Portuguese: pousio
• Russian: пар
• Spanish: barbecho, guamil

Translations

• French: friche
• German: Brache, Brachland
• Portuguese: terra inculta
• Russian: пар
• Spanish: yermo

Adjective

fallow

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. (figurative) Inactive; undeveloped.

   a fallow period in one's career

Synonyms

• (figuratively inactive) abeyant, dormant, latent; see also Thesaurus:inactive

Translations

• French: jachère}, friche
• German: brach, brachliegend, unbestellt

Translations

• French: friche
• German: brachliegend, unproduktiv

Verb

fallow (fallows, present participle fallowing; past and past participle fallowed)

1. (transitive) To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.

Translations

• German: brachlegen
• Italian: maggesare

Adjective

fallow

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

   a fallow deer or greyhound

    

Related terms

• fallow deer

Translations

• German: falb, braungelb, hellbraun

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