FALLOW


Meaning of FALLOW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fæloʊ ]

1.

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.

ADJ

2.

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.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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