adj.

1. Plowed but left unseeded during a growing season: fallow farmland.
2. Characterized by inactivity: a fallow gold market.

n.

1. Land left unseeded during a growing season.
2. The act of plowing land and leaving it unseeded.
3. The condition or period of being unseeded.

tr.v., -lowed, -low·ing, -lows.

1. To plow (land) without seeding it afterward.
2. To plow and till (land), especially to eradicate or reduce weeds.

[Middle English falow, from Old English fealh, fallow land.]

fallowness fal'low·ness n.

adj

Definition: inactive
Antonyms: active, cultivated, developed, used

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Agricultural land which is not used for crops but is left unused in order to restore its natural fertility. Summer fallow is the practice of leaving the ground uncultivated during a long, dry spell. Three-year fallow is part of the three-field system. See also bush fallowing.

A pale cream, light fawn, or pale yellow coat color in dogs.

IN BRIEF: Plowed but left unplanted during the growing season.

It is well to lie fallow for a while. — Martin Tupper.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - brak-, gulbrun
n. - brakjord, grønbrak, benyttet brak
v. tr. - brakpløje, brakke

idioms:

• fallow deer    dådyr

Nederlands (Dutch)
braakliggend (land), ongebruikt, inactief, niet zwanger (zeug), omploegen, licht geelbruin/roodbruin

Français (French)
adj. - en jachère, en friche
n. - (Agric) jachère, friche
v. tr. - mettre en jachère

idioms:

• fallow deer    daim

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (Landw.) brachliegend, brach
n. - Brachland
v. - brachlegen

idioms:

• fallow deer    Damhirsch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - χέρσος, ακαλλιέργητος, στείρος

idioms:

• fallow deer    (ζωολ.) δάμα η δάμα, πλατώνι

Italiano (Italian)
incolto, fulvo

idioms:

• fallow deer    daino

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ocioso

idioms:

• fallow deer    gamo (m) (Zool.)

Русский (Russian)
пар, земля под паром, невспаханный, красновато-желтый цвет

idioms:

• fallow deer    лань

Español (Spanish)
adj. - en barbecho, sin cultivar
n. - yermo, baldío, campo en barbecho
v. tr. - limpiar un terreno

idioms:

• fallow deer    gamo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - brunaktig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
休耕的, 淡棕色的, 休耕地, 使休闲, 潜伏, 休整

idioms:

• fallow deer    小鹿

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 休耕的, 淡棕色的
n. - 休耕地
v. tr. - 使休閒, 潛伏, 休整

idioms:

• fallow deer    小鹿

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 경작하지 않은, 연한 황갈색의
n. - 휴작지
v. tr. - 휴작 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 休んでいる
n. - 休閑地, 休閑
adj. - 休閑中の

idioms:

• fallow deer    ダマジカ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ضارب للسمرة , هاجع , مراح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שנחרש אך לא נזרע‬
n. - ‮שדה-בור‬
v. tr. - ‮חרש‬

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