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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fal•low1 /ˈfæloʊ/USA pronunciation adj. - Agriculture(of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more;
uncultivated. - not in use;
inactive:Her creative energies were lying fallow.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fal•low1 (fal′ō),USA pronunciation adj. - Agriculture(of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more;
uncultivated. - not in use;
inactive:My creative energies have lain fallow this year.
n. - Agricultureland that has undergone plowing and harrowing and has been left unseeded for one or more growing seasons.
v.t. - Agricultureto make (land) fallow for agricultural purposes.
- 1275–1325; Middle English falwe; compare Old English fealga, plural of *fealh, as gloss of Medieval Latin occas harrows
- pale-yellow;
light-brown;
dun.
- bef. 1000; Middle English fal(o)we, Old English fealu; cognate with German falb
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fallow /ˈfæləʊ/ adj - (of land) left unseeded after being ploughed and harrowed to regain fertility for a crop
- (of an idea, state of mind, etc) undeveloped or inactive, but potentially useful
n - land treated in this way
vb - (transitive) to leave (land) unseeded after ploughing and harrowing it
Etymology: Old English fealga; related to Greek polos ploughed fieldˈfallowness n fallow /ˈfæləʊ/ adj - of a light yellowish-brown colour
Etymology: Old English fealu; related to Old Norse fölr, Old Saxon, Old High German falo, Latin pallidus Greek polios grey |