- (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
- not in use; inactive: My creative energies have lain fallow this year.
- land that has undergone plowing and harrowing and has been left unseeded for one or more growing seasons.
- to make (land) fallow for agricultural purposes.
- pale-yellow; light-brown; dun.
- (of land) left unseeded after being ploughed and harrowed to regain fertility for a crop
- (of an idea, state of mind, etc) undeveloped or inactive, but potentially useful
- land treated in this way
- to leave (land) unseeded after ploughing and harrowing it
- of a light yellowish-brown colour
