fallow (land)
11fallow — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of farmland) ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown. 2) characterized by inactivity. 3) (of a sow) not pregnant. ► NOUN ▪ a piece of fallow land. DERIVATIVES fallowness noun …
12fallow — {{11}}fallow (adj.) pale yellow, brownish yellow, O.E. fealu reddish yellow, yellowish brown, tawny, dusk colored, from P.Gmc. *falwa (Cf. O.S. falu, O.N. fölr, M.Du. valu, Du. vaal, O.H.G. falo, Ger. falb), from PIE *pal wo dark colored, gray… …
13Fallow — This most interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical name for a dweller by the newly cultivated land or fallow land, from the Olde English pre 7th Century word fealh , Middle English falwe , fallow. This word was used… …
14fallow — fallow1 adjective 1》 (of farmland) ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown. 2》 inactive: a fallow period. 3》 (of a sow) not pregnant. noun a piece of fallow land. verb leave (land) fallow. Derivatives fallowness noun Origin …
15fallow — fal|low [ˈfæləu US lou] adj [: Old English; Origin: fealg] 1.) fallow land is dug or ↑ploughed but is not used for growing crops ▪ They let the land lie fallow for a year. 2.) fallow period a time when nothing is done or achieved ▪ The band went… …
16Land degradation — Serious land degradation in Nauru after the depletion of the phosphate cover through mining Land degradation is a process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by one or more combination of human induced processes acting… …
17fallow — I. /ˈfæloʊ / (say faloh) adjective 1. ploughed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated. –noun 2. land that has lain unseeded for a season or more after ploughing and harrowing. 3. the method of allowing land to lie for a season or… …
18fallow — [[t]fæ̱loʊ[/t]] 1) ADJ Fallow land has been dug or ploughed but nothing has been planted in it, especially so that its quality or strength has a chance to improve. ...great red barns in empty fallow fields... The fields lay fallow. 2) ADJ: usu… …
19fallow — fal|low [ fælou ] adjective 1. ) fallow land has been PLOWED, but does not have crops growing on it 2. ) a fallow period is a time when not much happens or is achieved …
20fallow — adjective fallow land is dug or ploughed (plough2 (1)) but is not used for growing crops: Dig over the plot in autumn and let it lie fallow over winter …
