Fallow word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "fallow" word

[noun] cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
[adjective] undeveloped but potentially useful; "a fallow gold market"
[adjective] left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; "fallow farmland"

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\Fal"low\, a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel. f["o]lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav[u^] white, L. pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr. palita. Cf. {Pale}, {Favel}, a., {Favor}.] 1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound. --Shak. 2. [Cf. {Fallow}, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground. {Fallow chat}, {Fallow finch} (Zo["o]l.), a small European bird, the wheatear ({Saxicola [oe]nanthe}). See {Wheatear}.
\Fal"low\, n. [So called from the fallow, or somewhat yellow, color of naked ground; or perh. akin to E. felly, n., cf. MHG. valgen to plow up, OHG. felga felly, harrow.] 1. Plowed land. [Obs.] Who . . . pricketh his blind horse over the fallows. --Chaucer. 2. Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season. The plowing of fallows is a benefit to land. --Mortimer. 3. 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. Be a complete summer fallow, land is rendered tender and mellow. The fallow gives it a better tilth than can be given by a fallow crop. --Sinclair. {Fallow crop}, the crop taken from a green fallow. [Eng.] {Green fallow}, fallow whereby land is rendered mellow and clean from weeds, by cultivating some green crop, as turnips, potatoes, etc. [Eng.]
\Fal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fallowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fallowing}.] [From {Fallow}, n.] 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.

Synonyms for fallow

unbroken, undeveloped, unexploited, unploughed, unplowed

Related terms: cotton plantation, dead, discolored, farm, grain farm, kolkhoz, lemon, lusterless, ochreous, pen, plow, primrose, prune, rake, spade, stock farm, straw-colored, sucked dry, toft, unsown, weed out, white

The fun area, different aproach to word »fallow«

Let's analyse "fallow" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: WOLLAF. Average typing speed for these characters is 1680 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: ..-. .- .-.. .-.. --- .--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: fallow: 1 + 6 = 7, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: fallow: 6 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 6 + 5 = 24, reduced: 6, and the final result is Six.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
F (1)	6	Lovers	Practical, Faithful, Organizer
L (2)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
W (1)	23	King of Wands	Sensual, Warm, Strong, Loyal

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