fallow
/ˈfæloʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf 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
Phrases
bastard fallow
cropped fallow
dead-fallow
fallow-break
fallow chat
fallow crop
fallow-field
fallow finch