fallow land
31fallow — 1. adj., n., & v. adj. 1 a (of land) ploughed and harrowed but left unsown for a year. b uncultivated. 2 (of an idea etc.) potentially useful but not yet in use. 3 inactive. 4 (of a sow) not pregnant. n. fallow or uncultivated land. v.tr. break… …
32fallow — English has two words fallow, both of considerable antiquity. Fallow ‘uncultivated’ [OE] originally meant ‘ploughed land’. Its present day adjectival meaning ‘ploughed but not sown’ or, more broadly, just ‘uncultivated’, developed in the 15th… …
33fallow — English has two words fallow, both of considerable antiquity. Fallow ‘uncultivated’ [OE] originally meant ‘ploughed land’. Its present day adjectival meaning ‘ploughed but not sown’ or, more broadly, just ‘uncultivated’, developed in the 15th… …
34fallow — 1. noun /ˈfæləʊ,ˈfæloʊ/ a) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year. b) Uncultivated land. 2. adjective /ˈfæləʊ,ˈfæloʊ/ a) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season. b) Inactive; …
35Fallow-ground — The expression, Break up your fallow ground (Hos. 10:12; Jer. 4:3) means, Do not sow your seed among thorns , i.e., break off all your evil habits; clear your hearts of weeds, in order that they may be prepared for the seed of righteousness.… …
36Land Utilisation Survey of Britain — The Land Utilisation Survey of Britain (also Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain [Covers of sheets printed by G.W.Bacon e.g. Scotland Sheet 12 Wick (1936) and England Wales Sheet 76 Thetford (1935) are identified Land Utilisation Survey of… …
37Land Reform — One of the most contentious measures introduced in the immediate postwar period, the 1950 land reform was a major step in the modernization of Italian agriculture and reduced the political power of the landowning class in southern and central… …
38fallow — Idle crop land. The most common reasons in modern agriculture are to conserve moisture for future use and for weed control. In extremely dry areas, for instance, wheat is grown every other year. Fields lie fallow …
39fallow — fal·low || fæləʊ n. land plowed but not seeded, unsown land, uncultivated land adj. plowed but not seeded, unsown, uncultivated (about land) …
40fallow — Synonyms and related words: acarpous, achromatic, achromic, anemic, arable land, arid, ashen, ashy, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, aureate, auric, available, backset, barnyard, barren, barton, beige, bled white, bloodless, buff, buff… …
