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llow
Comparative
more fallow
Superlative
most fallow
1
having a pale, light brown color resembling the color of dried leaves or soil
- Her scarf had a delicate fallow hue, perfect for a spring day.
- The wooden furniture in the dining room had a classic fallow finish.
- The leather boots had a fashionable fallow tone, ideal for a casual look.
- The vintage car had a classic exterior in a muted fallow shade.
- The woven rug had intricate patterns in various fallow shades..
2
(of farmland) not used for growing crops for a period of time, especially for the quality of the soil to improve
- After years of continuous wheat planting, the farmer kept one field fallow to let the earth regain fertility.
- The three-field system alternates two cultivated fields with one fallow each season.
- Heavy rains made the site too waterlogged for crops, so it remained fallow until spring.
- Smallholders often leave steep slopes fallow to prevent erosion and restore topsoil.
3
(of a female pig) not currently in gestation
- After weaning her piglets, the sow remained fallow for six weeks before the next breeding.
- The herd manager separated fallow sows to monitor their weight gain prior to insemination.
- Nutritionists recommend a high-energy diet for fallow sows to restore body condition.
- During the summer heat, the farm saw an unexpected rise in fallow sows failing to conceive.
- The veterinarian checked each fallow sow for reproductive tract health before scheduling heat detection.
4
(of a period of time) unproductive and empty of achievements
- The composer's fallow season yielded far fewer scores than in previous years.
- After her bestselling trilogy, the novelist endured a fallow year with no finished manuscripts.
- Following the merger, the division went through a fallow phase of inactivity.
- That decade proved a fallow chapter in the region's artistic history.
- Investors grew restless during the fallow stretch of flat returns and slow growth.