fallow
/ˈfæloʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.83 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.
Example Sentences
- "Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landskip round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide."
- "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 fallow period in one's career"
- "After two more homeland hits and a fallow two years, Pickettywitch was parked and junked."
- "a fallow deer or greyhound"
- "How does your fallow greyhound, sir?"
Etymology
[Alt: A photograph of a ploughed field.] From Middle English falwe, from Old English fealh, fealg (“fallow land”), from Proto-West Germanic *falgu (compare Saterland Frisian Falge, West Frisian falig, felling, Dutch valg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *polḱéh₂ (“arable land”) (compare Gaulish olca, Russian полоса́ (polosá)).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfæloʊ/
- British English: /ˈfæləʊ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
fallows (plural)
more fallow (comparative)
most fallow (superlative)
fallows (present, singular)
fallowing (participle, present)
fallowed (participle, past)
fallowed (past)
Derived Forms
ecofallow
fallowchat
fallowfinch
fallowist
fallowness
fallowed
fallower
fallowing
trifallow
twifallow
twyfallow
Phrases
bastard fallow
cropped fallow
dead-fallow
fallow-break
fallow chat
fallow crop
fallow-field
fallow finch