- fallow⇄adj. 1. plowed but not seeded for a season or more.
Ex. We'll let the north forty acres lie fallow next spring.
2. (Figurative.) (of the mind) uncultivated; inactive. - fallow⇄fallow (1), adjective, noun, verb.
- fallow⇄fallow (2), adjective.
pale yellowish-brown.
Ex. a fallow dog. - fallow⇄noun fallowness.
- fallow⇄noun 1. land plowed and left without planting it for a season or more.
2. the plowing of land without seeding it for a season to destroy weeds or improve the soil.
Ex. Your fallow adds to your fertility (Edmund Burke). - fallow⇄v.t. to plow and break up (land) without seeding; lay fallow.