fallow FAL-oh noun adjective WS #17

a piece of fallow or uncultivated land

1. The farmer decided to convert the fallow into a pasture for his cattle.
2. The fallow had become a habitat for various birds and small animals.
3. Deer often graze in the fallow during the winter months.
4. Walking through the fallow, she noticed how the ecosystem had naturally restored itself.
5. The old fallow was finally ready to be planted with crops again.

(of farmland) plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility or avoid surplus production; inactive or dormant

1. After years of intensive farming, the land needed to lie fallow to recover.
2. His creative talents had been fallow during the stressful years, but now they were flourishing again.
3. The fallow fields were covered with wildflowers and weeds during the growing season.
4. The farmer left the field fallow for a year to restore nutrients to the soil.
5. The fallow period allowed the soil to regain its natural fertility.