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present participle of fallow
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A pale red or yellow, light brown; dun
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Uncultivated land
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land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest
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{v} to plow in order to plow again
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{a} uncultivated, unoccupied
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{n} ground at rest
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The practice of leaving land either uncropped and weed-free, or with volunteer vegetation during at least one period when a crop would normally be grown; objective may be to control weeds, accumulate water, and/or available plant nutrients
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Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year
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Plowed land
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cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
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farmed land which is left for a period without being sown
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An area of fallow land
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Inactive; undeveloped
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Fallow land has been dug or ploughed but nothing has been planted in it, especially so that its quality or strength has a chance to improve. The fields lay fallow
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land that has been left unseeded during a growing season
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To make land fallow for agricultural purposes
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the period during which land is left to recover its productivity (reduced by cropping) mainly through accumulation of water, nutrients, attrition of pathogens, or a combination of all three During this period, the land may be bare or covered by natural or planted vegetation The term may be applied to the land itself or to the crop growing on it [GBA]
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cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons undeveloped but potentially useful; "a fallow gold market" left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; "fallow farmland
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Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season
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{s} plowed but not seeded, unsown, uncultivated (about land)
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left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; "fallow farmland"
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Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season
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To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; as, it is profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey land
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left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; "fallow farmland
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cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons undeveloped but potentially useful; "a fallow gold market"
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Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground
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Land that is left unplanted so that it can regain its fertility
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Resting land from deliberate cropping, not necessarily without cultivation or grazing, but without sowing
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Agricultural land that is plowed or tilled but left unseeded during a growing season Fallowing is usually done to conserve moisture
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The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds
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Crop land left idle in order to restore productivity and/or control of weeds Summerfallow or bare fallow is used in cereal production in many areas of low rainfall Plant growth is kept to a minimum so that moisture and nutrients will accumalate for the sunsequent crop
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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
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Cropland left idle in order to restore productivity through accumulation of moisture Summer fallow is common in regions of limited rainfall where cereal grains are grown The soil is tilled for at least one growing season for weed control and decomposition of plant residue
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land ploughed and tilled, but left unsown for a season to allow it to recuperate family planning spacing or preventing the birth of children famine severe shortage of food affecting a large number of people
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{i} land plowed but not seeded, unsown land, uncultivated land
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Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound
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Agricultural method where a field is not cultivated and planted with food crops for a time period to restore its fertility Fertility is often restored by growth legume crops which can fix nitrogen
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undeveloped but potentially useful; "a fallow gold market"