noun
(agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
(agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.
The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.
adjective
(of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.
(of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.
(figurative) Inactive; undeveloped.
verb
(transitive) To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.
adjective
Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.