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fallow

fal·low

UK/ˈfæləʊ/ US/ˈfæloʊ/ rare
adjective (2) noun (1)

adjective

1.

left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season

  • “fallow farmland”
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2.

undeveloped but potentially useful

  • “a fallow gold market”
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noun

1.

cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons

Origin

[Alt: A photograph of a light brown deer.] From Middle English falwe, from Old English fealu, from Proto-West Germanic *falu, from Proto-Germanic *falwaz (compare West Frisian feal, Dutch vaal, German falb, fahl, French fauve), from Proto-Indo-European *polwos (compare Lithuanian pal̃vas (“sallow, wan”), Russian поло́вый (polóvyj, “wan, light yellow”), Serbo-Croatian plâv (“blond, blue”), Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, “grey”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“pale, gray”).

Phrases

  • bastard fallow
  • cropped fallow
  • fallow chat
  • fallow crop
  • fallow finch
  • fallow ground
  • fallow land
  • fallow syndrome
  • green fallow
  • lay fallow
  • lie fallow
  • summer fallow

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