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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Estimates suggest up to 900,000 acres of farmland in the San Joaquin Valley alone might need to be fallowed to reduce the drawdown of groundwater and balance supply and demand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024
Because the trees require watering in wet years or dry, their acreage can’t be fallowed during dry spells.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024
That creates systematic differences between fallowed and cultivated fields, which could skew Boser's analysis.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024
Although some birds require contiguous grasslands, most adapted to living alongside agriculture when habitat was nestled within or around fields and farmers fallowed some fields, Cornell’s Rodewald says.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
All the requisite conditions for germination are best met by the conditions prevailing in a well-kept summer fallowed soil.
From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe
