Definition of Fallow
Fallow
Fal·low
Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
Plowed and left unseeded for a season to regain fertility.
e.g. The farmer decided to leave the field fallow for a year to replenish the soil.
(adjective)
relating to the plowing and subsequent suspension of use of farmland in order to restore its fertility and prevent surplus production;
e.g. Farmers let some land lie fallow in order to reduce the grain surplus that would normally happen.
(noun)
a piece of uncultivated land;
e.g. They placed a scarecrow on the fallow even though there was nothing that the birds could possibly eat from there.
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