fallow
2
6.9
- adjective
- /ˈfæloʊ/
:
sin explotar
- During moments of fallow thought, he discovered new ideas waiting to be explored.
And so that has a built in kind of not fallow because you're still hustling, but there is periodization in the research gathering and the writing.
- And so that has a built in kind of not fallow because you're still hustling, but there is periodization in the research gathering and the writing.
Examples
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My years from age 8 to 13 had been fallow ground for finding an adoptive family.
Blog text (13) -
I've had fallow periods where I did not have access to any shop.
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He managed to square this problem by using that fallow opportunity and simply printed the money he needed.
Academic text (2017) -
The idea dies, the idea lies fallow until Calvin Coolidge at the end of his term.
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Ponds were used for shrimp culture when the market was good, but when the market became bad, ponds were left fallow or converted to other uses.
Academic text (2009) -
During one of the Rolling Stones' fallow periods, Richards used his free time to organize a concert for (and with) his hero Chuck Berry, to celebrate Berry's 60th birthday.
Academic text (2007) -
After a few years of fallow creativity, the artist finally found inspiration again.
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The entrepreneur believed that the fallow period in his business would eventually lead to new opportunities.
Synonyms
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5.2
Not active now but able to become active later
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4.4
Not yet used or developed, especially natural resources and skills
11
4.1
Land not yet used or built on
1
6.3
Resources like land, minerals and energy that people do not use or develop
Antonyms
Compounds
1
7.8
A medium-sized deer with wide flat antlers and a light brown coat with white spots in summer
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Etymology
Fallow was first used for fields left to rest so they could grow again, and a helpful way to remember the modern sense is to think of unused skills or chances as 'fallow'—not active now but able to be used later.