fallowing
fallowing is the present participle and gerund of fallow.
Meaning of fallow
Verb
fallow (third-person singular simple present fallows, present participle fallowing, simple past and past participle fallowed)
- To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.
Noun
fallowing (plural fallowings)
- A period during which a field is left fallow.
- The rotation of nine years with two fallowings, which was formerly so much in vogue, is now seldom or never to be met with; it was, however, productive of very fine crops of corn on tenacious soils which require a great deal of tillage.1860, Albrecht Daniel Thaer, The Principles of Practical Agriculture
Forms of fallowing
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Questions about fallowing
- What does fallowing mean?
- Fallowing means a period during which a field is left fallow.
- What is fallowing the present participle and gerund of?
- Fallowing is the present participle and gerund of fallow.
- What part of speech is fallowing?
- Fallowing is a noun.
- What is the plural of fallowing?
- The plural of fallowing is fallowings.
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