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countable and uncountable, plural fallows
(agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year. examples
(agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land. examples
The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season. quotations examples
By a complete summer fallow, land is rendered tender and mellow. The fallow gives it a better tilth than can be given by a fallow crop.
1832, Sir John Sinclair, The Code of Agriculture
comparative more fallow, superlative most fallow
(of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season. examples
(of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time. examples
(figurative) Inactive; undeveloped. quotations examples
After two more homeland hits and a fallow two years, Pickettywitch was parked and junked.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, page 316
third-person singular simple present fallows, present participle fallowing, simple past and past participle fallowed
(transitive) To make land fallow for agricultural purposes. examples
(color) Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun. quotations examples
How does your fallow greyhound, sir?
a. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 1, scene 1