untilled

/'n'tild/

Thân thiện

The farmer looked out over the untilled field.

Definition

Adjective: * Not cultivated or prepared for crops: Describes land or soil that has not been plowed, harrowed, or hoed. It is land left in its natural state or left fallow, not used for growing crops. * Unworked, uncultivated: More broadly, it can describe any area of ground that has not been subjected to agricultural work.

Usage

The word "untilled" is used to describe agricultural land. It is a descriptive term often found in agricultural, environmental, or literary contexts to contrast with cultivated farmland.

Examples

• The farmer left the back field untilled this season to allow the soil to recover.
• They built their cabin on a patch of untilled land at the edge of the forest.
• The contrast between the lush, green crops and the untilled, weedy border was striking.

Advanced Usage

• Ecological Context: In modern discussions, "untilled" land is sometimes valued for its natural ecosystem services, such as providing habitat for wildlife or preventing soil erosion.
  • The conservation plan encourages leaving some areas untilled to promote biodiversity.

Variants and Related Words

• Till (verb): To prepare and cultivate land for crops.
  • Farmers till the soil in the spring.
• Untilled (adjective): The base word.
• Tilled (adjective): The direct antonym, meaning land that has been plowed or cultivated.
  • The tilled field was ready for planting.

Synonyms

• Uncultivated: Not used for growing crops.
• Unplowed (or unploughed): Specifically not turned over with a plow.
• Fallow: Left unseeded after being plowed to restore fertility (this implies it was once tilled but is now resting).
• Unworked: Not cultivated or farmed.

Antonyms

• Tilled
• Cultivated
• Plowed (or ploughed)
• Farmed

Related Phrases/Concepts

• "Leave land untilled": A phrase describing the deliberate decision not to cultivate a piece of land.
  • The policy pays farmers to leave marginal land untilled.
• "Untilled soil": A common collocation emphasizing the state of the earth itself.
  • The seeds lay dormant in the untilled soil.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not plowed or harrowed or hoed
   • untilled land