braakliggend — meaning in English

English meaning

• fallow adjective Left unplanted for a season or more to let the soil recover.
• waste noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.

Senses

braakliggend is used for these senses in English:

• fallow (of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.
• waste Barren; desert; empty.

fallow — full definition

1. adjective Left unplanted for a season or more to let the soil recover.
2. adjective Inactive or not being used or developed.
3. noun Land that has been plowed but deliberately left unseeded.

waste — full definition

1. noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.
2. noun The act of using something carelessly or without getting proper value from it.
3. verb To use something carelessly or fail to make good use of it.
4. adjective Not used, cultivated, or wanted; discarded or barren.

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