Follow vs. Fallow

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Followverb

(transitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.

Followverb

(transitive) To go or come after in a sequence.

Followverb

(transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).

Followverb

(transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).

Followverb

(transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

Followverb

(transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.

Followverb

(transitive) To be a logical consequence of.

Followverb

(transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

Follownoun

In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.

Follownoun

(internet) The act of following another user's online activity.

Followverb

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

Followverb

To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.

Followverb

To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice.

Followverb

To copy after; to take as an example.

Followverb

To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.

Followverb

To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.

Followverb

To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument.

Followverb

To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

Followverb

To go or come after; - used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.

Follownoun

The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot.

Followverb

to travel behind, go after, come after;

Followverb

be later in time;

Followverb

come as a logical consequence; follow logically;

Followverb

travel along a certain course;

Followverb

act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes;

Followverb

come after in time, as a result;

Followverb

behave in accordance or in agreement with;

Followverb

be next;

Followverb

choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

Followverb

to bring something about at a later time than;

Followverb

imitate in behavior; take as a model;

Followverb

follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;

Followverb

follow with the eyes or the mind;

Followverb

be the successor (of);

Followverb

perform an accompaniment to;

Followverb

keep informed;

Followverb

to be the product or result;

Followverb

accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of;

Followverb

adhere to or practice;

Followverb

work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function;

Followverb

keep under surveillance;

Followverb

follow in or as if in pursuit;

Followverb

grasp the meaning;

Followverb

keep to;

Followverb

go or come after (a person or thing proceeding ahead); move or travel behind

Followverb

go after (someone) in order to observe or monitor them

Followverb

strive after; aim at

Followverb

go along (a route or path).

Followverb

(of a route or path) go in the same direction as or parallel to (another)

Followverb

trace the movement or direction of

Followverb

come after in time or order

Followverb

happen after (something else) as a consequence

Followverb

be a logical consequence of something

Followverb

(of a person) do something after (something else)

Followverb

have (a dish or course) after another or others during a meal

Followverb

act according to (an instruction or precept)

Followverb

conform to

Followverb

act according to the lead or example of (someone)

Followverb

treat as a teacher or guide

Followverb

pay close attention to

Followverb

take an active interest in or be a supporter of

Followverb

(of a book, film, programme, etc.) be concerned with or trace the development of

Followverb

track (a person, group, or organization) by subscribing to their account on a social media website or application

Followverb

understand the meaning or tendency of (a speaker or argument)

Followverb

practise (a trade or profession).

Followverb

undertake or carry out (a course of action or study)

Fallownoun

Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.

Fallownoun

Uncultivated land.

Fallownoun

The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.

Fallowadjective

(of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.

Fallowadjective

(of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.

Fallowadjective

(figurative) Inactive; undeveloped.

Fallowadjective

Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.

Fallowverb

(transitive) To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.

Fallowadjective

Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.

Fallowadjective

Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground.

Fallownoun

Plowed land.

Fallownoun

Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season.

Fallownoun

The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds.

Fallowverb

To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; as, it is profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey land.

Fallownoun

cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons

Fallowadjective

left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season;

Fallowadjective

undeveloped but potentially useful;

Fallowadjective

(of farmland) ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility or to avoid surplus production

Fallowadjective

(of a period of time) characterized by inaction; unproductive

Fallowadjective

(of a sow) not pregnant.