This field is fallow.
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Fallow
//ˈfæloʊ//
Synonyms for "fallow" (254 found)
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Closest matches (51)
Strong matches (76)
demesne farmdesertdesolatedigdimdimmeddingydiscoloreddisengageddraineddressdried updried-updrydry farmdude ranchdullecruetiolatedexhausted
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exsanguinatedexsanguineexsanguineousfactory farmfadedfaintfallowedfarmfarmeryfarmholdfarmlandfarmplacefarmsteadfarmyardfertilizeflatflaxenforcefreefruit farmfruitlessfur farmgauntgeldedghastlygildedgiltgoldgold-coloredgoldengrain farmgrangegrasslandgraygreyhaciendahaggardharrowhoehomecrofthomefarmhomesteadhuelesshypochromicidleimpotentineffectualinfecundinfertileissuelessjejunejobless
Related words (127)
kibbutzkolkhozlacklusterleachedleadenleisureleisuredlemonlemon-yellowlistlividlocationlumpenluridlusterlessluteolouslutescentmainsmanor farmmat
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mealymenopausalmuddymulchneutralnonfertilenonproducingnonproductivenonprolificocherishocherousocheryochreousochroidochrousochryoffoff dutyoff workororchardotioseout of employout of harnessout of workpalepale as deathpale-facedpallidpasturepastypenplantationplowpoultry farmprimroseprimrose-coloredprimrose-yellowprunerakeranchrancheriaranchosaffronsaffron-coloredsaffron-yellowsallowsand-coloredsandysheep farmsicklysine prolespadestationsteadingsterilestock farmstrawstraw-coloredsucked drytallow-facedteemlessthinthin outtilltill the soiltofttonelesstruck farmuncoloreduncultivatedunemployableunemployedunexploitedunfertileunfruitfulunoccupiedunproductiveunprolificunsownuntilledvirginwanwashed outwashed-outwastewastedwaxenweakweedweed outwhey-facedwhitewithout issueworkxanthicxanthousyellowyellowish
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36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
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16 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
141 translations across 43 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- djerr noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νειός noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Aragonese
1 entries- güerba noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Armenian
1 entries- ցել noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Bulgarian
4 entries- жълтокафяв adj (light brown; dun)
- незасят adj (of land, left unseeded)
- прелог noun (uncultivated land)
- у́гар noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Catalan
1 entries- guaret noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 休耕地 noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- 荒地 noun (uncultivated land)
Czech
4 entries- lada noun (uncultivated land)
- lado noun (uncultivated land)
- úhor noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- úhor noun (uncultivated land)
Danish
2 entries- brak noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- brak noun (uncultivated land)
Dutch
4 entries- braakliggend adj (of land, left unseeded)
- braakland noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- dries noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- valg noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Esperanto
2 entries- novalo noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- senkulturejo noun (uncultivated land)
Estonian
2 entries- kesa noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- sööt noun (uncultivated land)
Finnish
4 entries- joutilas adj (inactive, undeveloped)
- kehittymätön adj (inactive, undeveloped)
- kesannoitu adj (of land, left unseeded)
- kesannolla adj (of land, left unseeded)
French
4 entries- en friche adj (of land, left unseeded)
- en friche adj (inactive, undeveloped)
- en jachère adj (of land, left unseeded)
- friche noun (uncultivated land)
Galician
4 entries- barbeito noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- bouza noun (uncultivated land)
- coita noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- decoita noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Georgian
4 entries- ღია მოყავისფრო-ყვითელი adj (light brown; dun)
- ღია მოწითალო-ყვითელი adj (light brown; dun)
- ანეული noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- დაუთესავი მიწა noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
German
4 entries- brach adj (of land, left unseeded)
- brachliegend adj (of land, left unseeded)
- brachliegend adj (inactive, undeveloped)
- braungelb adj (light brown; dun)
Hungarian
4 entries- kese adj (light brown; dun)
- parlag noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- parlag noun (uncultivated land)
- ugar noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Irish
4 entries- donnbhuí adj (light brown; dun)
- díomhaoin adj (inactive, undeveloped)
- fódbhán adj (of land, left unseeded)
- branar noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Italian
2 entries- maggese noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- maggesare verb (plough land without sowing seeds)
Latin
1 entries- vervactum noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Latvian
2 entries- papuve noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- papuve noun (uncultivated land)
Lithuanian
2 entries- pūdymas noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- pūdymas noun (uncultivated land)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- brooch adj (of land, left unseeded)
- Brooch noun (uncultivated land)
Macedonian
3 entries- прелог noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- угар noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- угар noun (uncultivated land)
Māori
4 entries- papatua adj (of land, left unseeded)
- papatua noun (uncultivated land)
- pātohe noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- pātohe noun (uncultivated land)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- brakk adj (of land, left unseeded)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- brakk adj (of land, left unseeded)
Old English
1 entries- fealg noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Old High German
1 entries- falo adj (light brown; dun)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قیراچ adj (of land, left unseeded)
Polabian
1 entries- foľostă noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Polish
4 entries- odłogi adj (of land, left unseeded)
- odłogowy adj (of land, left unseeded)
- płowy adj (light brown; dun)
- ugorowy adj (of land, left unseeded)
Portuguese
2 entries- pousio noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- terra inculta noun (uncultivated land)
Romanian
1 entries- moină noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Russian
2 entries- пар noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- пар noun (uncultivated land)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- párlog noun (uncultivated land)
- úgar noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- úgar noun (uncultivated land)
- па́рлог noun (uncultivated land)
Slovak
3 entries- prieloh noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- prieloh noun (uncultivated land)
- úhor noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Slovene
2 entries- ledina noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- ledina noun (uncultivated land)
Spanish
4 entries- barbechada noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- barbecho noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- guamil noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- yermo noun (uncultivated land)
Swedish
2 entries- träda noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- trädesåker noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пар noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
Walloon
3 entries- djouxhire noun (ground left unseeded for a year)
- trî noun (uncultivated land)
- trîxhe noun (uncultivated land)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
That fallow paddy field does not yield anymore.
Source: tatoeba (5733611)
Every seven years we let the land lie fallow.
Source: tatoeba (10455280)
But the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the animal of the field shall eat. In the same way you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
Source: tatoeba (10455285)
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