summer-fallow

verb

To plough and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plough and let lie fallow.

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Meanings

verbsummer-fallow (third-person singular simple present summer-fallows, present participle summer-fallowing, simple past and past participle summer-fallowed)

present singular third person summer-fallows · participle present summer-fallowing · participle past summer-fallowed · past summer-fallowed

  1. To plough and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plough and let lie fallow.
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APA

summer-fallow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer-fallow

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“summer-fallow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer-fallow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “summer-fallow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer-fallow.

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