The meaning of FALLOW is of a light yellowish-brown color. How to use fallow in a sentence.

FALLOW definition: (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated. See examples of fallow used in a sentence.

fallow adjective (TIME) A fallow period of time is one in which very little happens:

Definition of fallow adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Fallow comes from the old English word for plowing, and refers to the practice of leaving fields unplowed in rotation — when a field lies fallow, the soil regains nutrients that are sucked up by over-planting.

In order to thrive, fields must lie fallow; animals hibernate; day recedes into night.

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A fallow period is a time when very little is being achieved. There followed something of a fallow period professionally, until a job came up in the summer.

Nov 1, 2025 · fallow (third-person singular simple present fallows, present participle fallowing, simple past and past participle fallowed) (transitive) To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.

fallow marked by inactivity; plowed unseeded land: They let the land go fallow for a season.