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Synonyms for fallow
ˈfæl oʊfal·low
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
fallow
Synonyms:
quiescent, idle, uncultivated, unproductive, untilledAntonyms:
cultivated, worked, tilled, sown, productive, operative, prolific, fruitful
Princeton's WordNet
fallowadjective
cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
fallowadjective
left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
"fallow farmland"
fallowadjective
undeveloped but potentially useful
"a fallow gold market"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
fallowadjective
Synonyms:
pale red or pale yellowfallowadjective
fallownoun
Synonyms:
untilled land
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
fallowadjective
Synonyms:
uncultivated, untilled, dormant, inactive
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List of paraphrases for "fallow":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#9013 | idle | |
#44170 | fallow | |
#48348 | unproductive | |
#51881 | quiescent | |
#122011 | uncultivated | |
#208723 | fallowing |
How to use fallow in a sentence?
Man is the only animal with the powers of laughter, a privilege which was not bestowed on him for nothing. Let us then laugh while we may, no matter how broad the laugh may be, and despite of what the poet says about ?the loud laugh that speaks the vacant mind.? The mind should occasionally be vacant, as the land should sometimes lie fallow, and for precisely the same reason.
Driving through Sacramento Valley, I’ve seen many more open fallow rice fields with nothing on them, it’s because land that’s used for rice farming really ca n’t be used for another crop.
On these fallow lands, there's a lot of generation of wild edibles that are very nutrient rich, and are important for trees, bees, pollinators and birds, we can't just extract everything, there's a need to replenish even as we use.
A lot of truckers just won't be able to operate, if you're a farmer, you may have to leave some acres fallow, or won't fertilize as much. The macroeconomists don't get this. It's going to come back and haunt us all.
There are pauses amidst study, and even pauses of seeming idleness, in which a process goes on which may be likened to the digestion of food. In those seasons of repose, the powers are gathering their strength for new efforts; as land which lies fallow recovers itself for tillage.
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- жълтокафяв, незасят, угар, разоравамBulgarian
- lado, lada, úhorCzech
- brach, brachlegen, brachliegend, Brache, falb, BrachlandGerman
- guamil, barbechoSpanish
- kesa, söötEstonian
- viljelemätön, maa, kesannoitu, laiska, joutomaa, joutilas, kesannolla, kesannoida, kesanto, kehittymätönFinnish
- jachère, fricheFrench
- fódbhánIrish
- barbeitoGalician
- परतीHindi
- parlag, ugarHungarian
- maggesareItalian
- 休閑Japanese
- шүдүгөр кылып айдалганKyrgyz
- BroochLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- papuveLatvian
- pātohe, papatuaMāori
- brakkNorwegian
- dries, valg, valgeland, braakland, braakliggendDutch
- brakkNorwegian Nynorsk
- ugórPolish
- pousioPortuguese
- парRussian
- ugar, parlogSerbo-Croatian
- prieloh, úhorSlovak
- trî, trîxhe, djouxhireWalloon
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