fallow
adjective
(of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
fallowed
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past participleof fallow.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof fallow.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
fallowadjective(of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
Example Sentences
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The Department of Water Resources said the program has also helped in redirecting floodwaters onto fallowed farmland to recharge groundwater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
Crops that could be fallowed during dry spells, leaving more water for the environment, were supplanted by almond and pistachio orchards, which require water in wet years and dry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
Researchers applied crushed rock, both metabasalt and olivine, on 5 acres of a fallowed cornfield in the Sacramento Valley.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023
Wells ran dry, farmers fallowed fields, and cities restricted watering grass.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
I forgot to say that the land had been fallowed in with three horses in the month of August, and the wheat sowed in October.
From Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers by Solon Robinson
