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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
fal′low•ness, n. fal•low2 (fal′ō),USA pronunciation adj. - pale-yellow;
light-brown; dun.
- bef. 1000; Middle English fal(o)we, Old English fealu; cognate with German falb
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