Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - fallow
Fallow
fallow
1. adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 a (of land) ploughed and harrowed but left unsown for a year. b uncultivated. 2 (of an idea etc.) potentially useful but not yet in use. 3 inactive. 4 (of a sow) not pregnant. --n. fallow or uncultivated land. --v.tr. break up (land) for sowing or to destroy weeds. Derivatives fallowness n. Etymology: ME f. OE fealh (n.), fealgian (v.) 2. adj. of a pale brownish or reddish yellow. Phrases and idioms fallow deer any small deer of the genus Dama, having a white-spotted reddish-brown coat in the summer. Etymology: OE falu, fealu f. Gmc
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English falow, from Old English fealu; akin to Old High German falo pale, ~, Latin pallēre to be pale, Greek polios gray Date: before 12th century of a light yellowish-brown color, II. noun see: felly Date: before 12th century usually cultivated land that is allowed to lie idle during the growing season, plowed land, the state or period of being ~, the tilling of land without sowing it for a season, III. transitive verb Date: 15th century to plow, harrow, and break up (land) without seeding to destroy weeds and conserve soil moisture, IV. adjective Date: 15th century left untilled or unsown after plowing, dormant, inactive, ~ness noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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