English-Thai Dictionary

fallow

ADJ ซึ่ง ไถ คราด ทิ้ง ไว้  ซึ่ง ยัง ไม่ เพาะปลูก  unsowed unplowed sueng-tai-krad-ting-wai

 

fallow

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ กระ ฉับ เฉ ง  ซึ่ง ไม่ ประสบ ผล  เนือยๆ  inactive inert sueng-mai-kr-a chab-cheng

 

fallow

ADJ สีเหลือง อ่อน  สีน้ำตาล อ่อน  se-lueang-on

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FALLOW

a.[L. fulvus; qu. helvus, for felvus. This word may be from the root of fail, fallo; so called from the fading color of autumnal leaves, or from failure, withering. Hence also the sense of unoccupied, applied to land. ] 1. Pale red or pale yellow; as a fallow deer.
2. Unsowed; not tilled; left to rest after a year or more of tillage; as fallow ground; a fallow field.
Break up your fallow ground. Jeremiah 4:3.
3. Left unsowed after plowing. The word is applied to the land after plowing.
4. Unplowed; uncultivated.
5. Unoccupied; neglected. [Not in use. ]
Let the cause lie fallow.

 

FALLOW

n. 1. Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded. It is also called fallow when plowed without being sowed.
The plowing of fallows is a benefit to land.
2. The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it, for a season. Summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds.
By a complete summer fallow, land is rendered tender and mellow. The fallow gives it a better tilth, than can be given by a fallow crop.
A green fallow, in England, is that where land is rendered mellow and clean from weeks, by means of some green crop, as turnips, potatoes, etc.

 

FALLOW

v.i.To fade; to become yellow. Obs.

 

FALLOW

v.t.To plow, harrow and break land without seeding it, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow. It is found for the interest of the farmer to fallow cold, strong, clayey land.

 

FALLOW-CROP

n.The crop taken from fallowed ground.

 

FALLOWED

pp. Plowed and harrowed for a season, without being sown.

 

FALLOW-FINCH

n.A small bird, the oenanthe or wheat-ear.

 

FALLOWING

ppr. Plowing and harrowing land without sowing it.

 

FALLOWING

n.The operation of plowing and harrowing land without sowing it. Fallowing is found to contribute to the destruction of snails and other vermin.

 

FALLOWIST

n.One who favors the practice of fallowing land. On this subject, a controversy has arisen between two sects, the fallowists and the anti-fallowists. [Unusual. ]

 

FALLOWNESS

n.A fallow state; barrenness; exemption from bearing fruit.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FALLOW

Fal "low, a. Etym: [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin to D.vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel. fölr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plavpallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. palita. Cf. Pale, Favel, a., Favor. ]

 

1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound. Shak.

 

2. Etym: [Cf. Fallow, n.]

 

Defn: Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground. Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zoöl.), a small European bird, the wheatear (Saxicola ænanthe ). See Wheatear.

 

FALLOW

Fal "low, n. Etym: [So called from the fallow, or somewhat yellow, color of naked ground; or perh. akin to E. felly, n., cf. MHG. valgen to plow up, OHG. felga felly, harrow. ]

 

1. Plowed land. [Obs. ] Who. .. pricketh his blind horse over the fallows. Chaucer.

 

2. Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season. The plowing of fallows is a benefit to land. Mortimer.

 

3. The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds. Be a complete summer fallow, land is rendered tender and mellow. The fallow gives it a better tilth than can be given by a fallow crop. Sinclair. Fallow crop, the crop taken from a green fallow. [Eng. ] -- Green fallow, fallow whereby land is rendered mellow and clean from weeds, by cultivating some green crop, as turnips, potatoes, etc. [Eng. ]

 

FALLOW

Fal "low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fallowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fallowing. ]Etym: [From Fallow, n.]

 

Defn: To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; as, it is profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey land.

 

FALLOW DEER

Fal "low deer `. Etym: [So called from its fallow or pale yellow color. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A European species of deer (Cervus dama ), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks.

 

FALLOWIST

FALLOWIST Fal "low *ist, n.

 

Defn: One who favors the practice of fallowing land. [R.] Sinclair.

 

FALLOWNESS

FALLOWNESS Fal "low *ness, n.

 

Defn: A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or manufactory, through which goods are raised or lowered. [U.S.] Bartlett.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fallow

fal low 1 |ˈfalō ˈfæloʊ | ▶adjective 1 (of farmland ) plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production: incentives for farmers to let the land lie fallow in order to reduce grain surpluses. • inactive: long fallow periods when nothing seems to happen. 2 (of a sow ) not pregnant. ▶noun a piece of fallow or uncultivated land. ▶verb [ with obj. ] leave (land ) fallow. DERIVATIVES fal low ness noun ORIGIN Old English fealgian ‘to break up land for sowing, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Low German falgen.

 

fallow

fal low 2 |ˈfæloʊ ˈfalō | ▶noun a pale brown or reddish yellow color. ORIGIN Old English falu, fealu.

 

fallow deer

fal low deer |ˈfæloʊ dɪ (ə )r | ▶noun a Eurasian deer with branched palmate antlers, typically having a white-spotted reddish-brown coat in summer. [Cervus dama, family Cervidae. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

fallow

fallow 1 |ˈfaləʊ | ▶adjective 1 (of farmland ) ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility or to avoid surplus production: incentives for farmers to let land lie fallow . • (of a period of time ) characterized by inaction; unproductive: long fallow periods when nothing seems to happen. 2 (of a sow ) not pregnant. ▶noun a piece of fallow land. ▶verb [ with obj. ] leave (land ) fallow for a period. DERIVATIVES fallowness noun ORIGIN Old English fealgian ‘to break up land for sowing ’, of Germanic origin; related to Low German falgen.

 

fallow

fallow 2 |ˈfaləʊ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a pale brown or reddish yellow colour. ORIGIN Old English falu, fealu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vaal and German fahl, falb .

 

fallow deer

fal ¦low deer ▶noun a Eurasian deer with branched palmate antlers, typically having a white-spotted reddish-brown coat in summer. ●Cervus dama, family Cervidae.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fallow

fallow adjective 1 fallow farmland: uncultivated, unplowed, untilled, unplanted, unsown; unused, dormant, resting, empty, bare. ANTONYMS cultivated. 2 a fallow trading period: inactive, dormant, quiet, slack, slow, stagnant; barren, unproductive. ANTONYMS busy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fallow

fallow adjective 1 fallow farmland: uncultivated, unploughed, untilled, unplanted, unsown, unseeded, unused, undeveloped, dormant, resting, empty, bare, virgin; neglected, untended, unmaintained, unmanaged. ANTONYMS cultivated. 2 trading is set to emerge from a fallow period: inactive, dormant, quiet, slack, slow, slow-moving, flat, idle, inert, static, stagnant, depressed; barren, unproductive, unfruitful. ANTONYMS busy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fallow

fal low 1 /fǽloʊ /形容詞 1 〈土地が 〉休閑中の .2 〖名詞 の前で 〗活動していない, 結果が出ない ; 有用ながらまだ活用されていない 〈考え 才能など 〉.l ì e f á llow 〈土地が 〉休閑中である ; 〈人が 〉活動していない, 〈才能などが 〉休眠中である .名詞 U 休閑 ; 休閑地 .動詞 他動詞 〈土地 〉を耕して (休めて )おく .

 

fallow

fal low 2 形容詞 淡黄褐色の .～́ d è er 〘動 〙ダマジカ, ファロージカ .