Fallow vs Furrow - What's the difference?
fallow | furrow |
(agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
(agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.
(agriculture, obsolete, countable) An area of fallow land.
The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.
* Sinclair
(of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.
Inactive; undeveloped.
Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.
A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.
To make (a) groove, a cut(s) in (the ground etc.).
To wrinkle
To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to worry, concentration etc.
In transitive terms the difference between fallow and furrow
is that fallow is to make land fallow for agricultural purposes while furrow is to pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to worry, concentration etc.As an adjective fallow
is ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.fallow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) falow, from (etyl) ).Noun
- 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.
Derived terms
* bastard fallow * cropped fallow * dead-fallow * ecofallow * fallow-break * fallow chat * fallow crop * fallow-field * fallow finch * fallow ground * fallowist * fallow land * green fallow * pin-fallow * rag-fallow * summer fallow * winter fallowAdjective
(head)Derived terms
* apple-fallow * fallow chat * fallow finch * fallowness * lay fallow * lie fallowDerived terms
* fallowed * fallowing * re-fallow * thry-fallow * trifallow * twifallow, twyfallowEtymology 2
From (etyl) falwe, from (etyl) fealu, from (etyl) 'pale'.Adjective
(en adjective)- a fallow deer or greyhound
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References
* English terms with multiple etymologiesfurrow
English
(Plough)Noun
(en noun)- Don't walk across that deep furrow in the field.
- When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.
Verb
(en verb)- Cart wheels can furrow roads.
- Leave me alone so I can furrow my brows and concentrate.