fallow
part of speech
adjective (fallow); noun (fallow, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Fallow land is a field that is ploughed but left without crops for a season so the soil can rest and get healthy again. tree →
2) A fallow time is a quiet period when nothing much is happening or being produced. tree →
3) A fallow deer is a smallish deer, light brown with white spots in summer. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history and farming lessons it explains crop rotation, where fields take turns to rest. In stories it describes empty fields or quiet times. Phrases: «lie fallow», «leave a field fallow», «a fallow period», «fallow deer».
examples
- The farmer left the field fallow this year. tree →
- In the Middle Ages one field in three lay fallow. tree →
- Letting land lie fallow helps the soil recover. tree →
- The team had a fallow season and won nothing. tree →
- We saw fallow deer in the park. tree →
- Fallow deer have white spots on their backs. tree →
- My art ideas went through a fallow patch, then came back. tree →
- Weeds grew in the fallow field. tree →
note
Usually an adjective after «lie», «leave» or «be». Fallow deer is a fixed name; the plural is also «deer». Do not confuse with «follow» or «hollow».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fallow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.