fallow
Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting seasonPloughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.
» My field has turned into fallow land.
Meaning
4 sensesPloughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.
brach, brachliegend, unbestellt
left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.
(figuratively)Inactive; undeveloped.
a fallow period in one's career
brachliegend, unproduktiv
undeveloped but potentially useful
Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.
a fallow deer or greyhound
falb, braungelb, hellbraun
Examples
6 sentencesMy field has turned into fallow land.
That fallow paddy field does not yield anymore.
Every seven years we let the land lie fallow.
Their field has not been used, it has been left fallow.
This field is fallow.
deDieses Feld liegt brach.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
[Alt: A photograph of a ploughed field.] [Alt: A photograph of a light brown deer.][Alt: A photograph of a ploughed field.]
[Alt: A photograph of a light brown deer.]
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Forms
more fallow, most fallow| Comparative | more fallow Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most fallow Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form