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fallow
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
fallow
(adjective)
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fallow
/
ˈ
fæloʊ/
adjective
fallow
/
ˈ
fæloʊ/
adjective
Learner's definition of FALLOW
1
:
not used for growing crops
:
not planted
fallow
land/fields
allowing several fields to
lie fallow
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not active or productive
a writer who has been going through a
fallow period
[=a period in which he has done no writing]
There were too many promising ideas
lying fallow
[=not being used] at the company.
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