What's the difference between fallow and light?

Fallow


Definition:

  • (a.) Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.
  • (n.) Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground.
  • (n.) Plowed land.
  • (n.) Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Dytiscidae, Anisoptera, and Zygoptera were more abundant in fallow or mature fields.
  • (2) The fallow-deer is less discussed because the low number of investigations.
  • (3) Repeat examination of blood from the three fallow deer for 30 days postexposure failed to reveal observable piro-plasms.
  • (4) The commission is also proposing that 30% of direct payments to farmers be "green" or reward those growing a greater variety of crops, leaving land fallow or extending hedgerows.
  • (5) ZTJ 151, S. saprophyticus SS 877, Enterococcus faecium EF1 and E. faecalis EFG2 were isolated from the rumen wall and contents of lambs, calves and fallow deer, Enterococcus gallinarum EG10 and E. avium EA12 were isolated from the caecum of Japanese quail.
  • (6) For example, improved farming practices, such as the use of cover crops on fallowed fields or wetland construction near streams and rivers, have the potential of reducing sediment and phosphorus concentration from fertilizer runoff.
  • (7) Similar inclusion bodies were also found in the ruminal epithelium of fallow deer subjected to overfeeding by supplementary food.
  • (8) There are queues at communal water tanks and the irrigated fields plump with crops abruptly give way to hard-baked soil forced to sit fallow.
  • (9) The HIT method was used to examine blood serums of the game in Moravia (roebuck, red deer, fallow deer, mouflon, wild boar, brown hare) for the presence of antibodies to arboviruses of these groups: alphavirus (Sindbis-SIN), flavivirus (West Nile-WN), tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Bunyamwera (Tahyna-TAH, Calovo-CVO).
  • (10) The humus synthesis processes were most active in the wheat and lucerne plots, they were less effective in the fallow and virgin soils.
  • (11) Four adult male fallow deer were investigated for 1-4 consecutive years to study the relationships between annual changes in testis volume, sperm quality and antler status.
  • (12) Weinstein knows how to push a movie all the way to the top and after a few fallow years he's rediscovered his magic touch and found the funds to put his money where his mouth is.
  • (13) Animal species included black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), sika deer (Cervus nippon nippon), fallow deer (Dama dama), and pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana).
  • (14) An adult, captive European spotted fallow deer (Cervus dama) was submitted for necropsy due to sudden death.
  • (15) Some lukewarm romances and underperforming comedies – Four Christmases, How Do You Know, Water for Elephants, This Means War – as well as the well-intentioned but flawed political thriller Rendition meant that the second half of the 2000s and early 2010s was a largely fallow period.
  • (16) The patient presented a polyvalent IgE sensitization in prick skin tests and RAST to several animals' dander and epithelia, but RAST inhibition experiments showed a cross-reactivity only between fallow deer and horse allergen extracts.
  • (17) A policy of "set aside", where farmers are paid to leave land fallow, has attempted to remedy this, but overproduction persists.
  • (18) Though fallow deer is considered very resistant to infectious diseases and parasites, diseases of different kind occur in enclosed pastures.
  • (19) These results provide good evidence of the correlation between low birthweight and perinatal mortality in fallow deer on Australian deer farms.
  • (20) The allele frequencies allow a clear discrimination between the hybrid population and the red deer population, whereas the fallow deer are fixed for the allele which is most common in red deer.

Light


Definition:

  • (n.) That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
  • (n.) That which furnishes, or is a source of, light, as the sun, a star, a candle, a lighthouse, etc.
  • (n.) The time during which the light of the sun is visible; day; especially, the dawn of day.
  • (n.) The brightness of the eye or eyes.
  • (n.) The medium through which light is admitted, as a window, or window pane; a skylight; in architecture, one of the compartments of a window made by a mullion or mullions.
  • (n.) Life; existence.
  • (n.) Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
  • (n.) The power of perception by vision.
  • (n.) That which illumines or makes clear to the mind; mental or spiritual illumination; enlightenment; knowledge; information.
  • (n.) Prosperity; happiness; joy; felicity.
  • (n.) The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.
  • (n.) Appearance due to the particular facts and circumstances presented to view; point of view; as, to state things fairly and put them in the right light.
  • (n.) One who is conspicuous or noteworthy; a model or example; as, the lights of the age or of antiquity.
  • (n.) A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or colored flame; as, a Bengal light.
  • (superl) Having light; not dark or obscure; bright; clear; as, the apartment is light.
  • (superl) White or whitish; not intense or very marked; not of a deep shade; moderately colored; as, a light color; a light brown; a light complexion.
  • (n.) To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite; to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light the gas; -- sometimes with up.
  • (n.) To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with up.
  • (n.) To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
  • (v. i.) To become ignited; to take fire; as, the match will not light.
  • (v. i.) To be illuminated; to receive light; to brighten; -- with up; as, the room lights up very well.
  • (superl.) Having little, or comparatively little, weight; not tending to the center of gravity with force; not heavy.
  • (superl.) Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or load.
  • (superl.) Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task.
  • (superl.) Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; as, light food; also, containing little nutriment.
  • (superl.) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons; as, light troops; a troop of light horse.
  • (superl.) Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
  • (superl.) Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light.
  • (superl.) Slight; not important; as, a light error.
  • (superl.) Well leavened; not heavy; as, light bread.
  • (superl.) Not copious or heavy; not dense; not inconsiderable; as, a light rain; a light snow; light vapors.
  • (superl.) Not strong or violent; moderate; as, a light wind.
  • (superl.) Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy, graceful manner; delicate; as, a light touch; a light style of execution.
  • (superl.) Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind.
  • (superl.) Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial.
  • (superl.) Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
  • (superl.) Easily bestowed; inconsiderately rendered.
  • (superl.) Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of light character.
  • (superl.) Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin.
  • (superl.) Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a light soil.
  • (adv.) Lightly; cheaply.
  • (v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
  • (v. i.) To dismount; to descend, as from a horse or carriage; to alight; -- with from, off, on, upon, at, in.
  • (v. i.) To feel light; to be made happy.
  • (v. i.) To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a bird or insect.
  • (v. i.) To come down suddenly and forcibly; to fall; -- with on or upon.
  • (v. i.) To come by chance; to happen; -- with on or upon; formerly with into.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On Friday night, in a stadium built in an area once deemed an urban wasteland, the flame that has journeyed from Athens to every corner of these islands will light the fire that launches the London Olympics of 2012.
  • (2) Apparently, the irradiation with visible light of a low intensity creates an additional proton gradient and thus stimulates a new replication and division cycle in the population of cells whose membranes do not have delta pH necessary for the initiation of these processes.
  • (3) Morphological alterations in the lungs of pheasants after prolonged high-dosage administration of bleomycin sulfate were studied by light and electron microscopy.
  • (4) Light microscopic studies of pancreata from mice sacrificed at this time demonstrated insulitis and beta cell necrosis.
  • (5) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
  • (6) A 66-year-old woman with acute idiopathic polyneuritis (Landry-Guillain-Barré [LGB] syndrome) had normal extraocular movements, but her pupils did not react to light or accommodation.
  • (7) We have examined overlapping octapeptides from the kappa IIIb light chain variable region and show that some framework peptides have the ability to bind aggregated IgG.
  • (8) This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain.
  • (9) The water is embossed with small waves and it has a chill glassiness which throws light back up at the sky.
  • (10) A new type of Escherichia coli mutant which shows increased sensitivity to methyl methane sulfonate but not to UV light or to gamma rays was isolated after mutagenesis with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine.
  • (11) Approximately 90% of the patients have a lambda light chain myeloma protein and almost all patients excrete Bence-Jones protein.
  • (12) Matthias Müller, VW’s chief executive, said: “In light of the wide range of challenges we are currently facing, we are satisfied overall with the start we have made to what will undoubtedly be a demanding fiscal year 2016.
  • (13) In addition, lightly immunostained cells were distinguished in the caudal portion of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, area of tuber cinereum, retrochiasmatic area, and rostral portion of the paraventricular thalamic nucleus after colchicine treatment.
  • (14) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
  • (15) Using an in vitro culture system, light scatter analyses, and two-color flow cytometry, we provide evidence that the interleukin-2 (IL-2) and transferrin receptors can be induced within 48 hr on nonproliferating immature thymocytes.
  • (16) Photoreactions induced in that proper sensitizer molecules absorb UV-light or visible light.
  • (17) Urine specimens from patient REE also contained a light chain fragment that lacked the first (amino-terminal) 85 residues of the native light chain but otherwise was identical in sequence to the light chain REE.
  • (18) Three coyotes were operantly conditioned to depress one of two foot treadles, left or right, depending on the condition of the stimulus light.
  • (19) These results are discussed in the light of the mode of action of the substances used.
  • (20) The birds were maintained at a constant temperature in, dim green light.