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fallow

The correct spelling is fallow.

How to pronounce fallow

noun

IPA: /ˈfæləʊ/

Say it like: Fal-low

The correct spelling is fallow. Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year. For example: "a fallow period in one's career"

Usage Examples

a fallow period in one's career

a fallow deer or greyhound

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
  2. 2.Uncultivated land.
  3. 3.The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.

adjective

  1. 1.(of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.
  2. 2.(of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.
  3. 3.Inactive; undeveloped.
  4. 4.(color) Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.

verb

  1. 1.To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.

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