fallow Antonyms
Strongest:
- going
- operative
- employed
- going
- living
- alive
- active
- busy
- living
- on
- operative
- functioning
- working
- operational
- on
- working
- operational
- busy
- operating
- alive
- operating
- functioning
- active
- employed
Strong:
- useful
- operable
- operable
- practical
- running
- vigorous
- workable
- running
- useful
- vigorous
- industrious
- industrious
- functional
- practical
- workable
- functional
Weak:
Meaning of fallow
fallow (n)
cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
fallow (s)
left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
undeveloped but potentially useful
fallow (a.)
Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.
fallow (n.)
Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground.
Plowed land.
Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season.
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.
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.
FAQs About the word fallow
cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons, left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season, undeveloped but potentially usefulPale r
idle,dormant, vacant, off, unused, dead, free, out of commission, suspended, inert
going, operative, employed, going, living, alive, active, busy, living, on
The farmer left the fields fallow to restore its fertility.
The fallow fields laid dormant, awaiting their next cultivation.
During the fallow period, the soil rested and replenished its nutrients.
Leaving the land fallow allowed the ecosystem to regenerate and regain its balance.
