English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "braak" is grond wat vir 'n tydperk onbeplant en onbewerk gelaat word om sy vrugbaarheid te herstel of om gronduitputting te vermy. Dit kan ook as 'n byvoeglike naamwoord gebruik word om grond of landerye te beskryf wat in 'n toestand is dat hulle onbewerk is of vir 'n tydperk ledig gelaat word. Daarbenewens kan "braak" figuurlik gebruik word om te verwys na 'n tydperk wanneer 'n persoon of organisasie onaktief of onproduktief is.

Sentence Examples

  1. As I saw no manure, I judged that they meant to skim the land, as I had done, thinking the soil was deep and had lain fallow long enough.
  2. He froze, for up among the trees, he caught a glimpse of the white belly of a fallow deer.
  3. It was in the circular recess of a large ruin that had been fallow for so long it had become a mesa.
  4. An afternoon sufficed to lay out the land into orchard, woodlot, and pasture, and to decide what fine oaks or pines should be left to stand before the door, and whence each blasted tree could be seen to the best advantage and then I let it lie, fallow perchance, for a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
  5. The land was chopped up into tiny plots for farming, most of them fallow.
  6. To calm himself, because he felt as though his head would explode, he thought about positive things like the jenny wren and the fallow deer he had seen.