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1. | [ adjective ] lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension; downward ("shallow water" | |
Examples: | "a shallow dish") inward from an outer surface ("a shallow cut") backward ("a shallow closet") or outward from a center |
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Related terms: | deep ankle-deep fordable neritic reefy depth | |
2. | [ verb ] become shallow | |
Synonyms: | shoal | |
Examples: | "the lake shallowed over time" |
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Related terms: | change shoal | |
3. | [ verb ] make shallow | |
Synonyms: | shoal | |
Examples: | "The silt shallowed the canal" |
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Related terms: | change shoal | |
4. | [ adjective ] not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply | |
Examples: | "shallow breathing" "a night of shallow fretful sleep" "in a shallow trance" |
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Related terms: | deep skin-deep light depth | |
5. | [ adjective ] lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious | |
Examples: | "shallow people" "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious" |
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Related terms: | superficial | |
6. | [ noun ] a stretch of shallow water | |
Synonyms: | shoal | |
Related terms: | body_of_water | |
Similar spelling: |
shall shell shill Shull shoal sallow Shiloh Shealy shallu shoaly swallow Shealey showily Shawwal Shyla Shila Shiel Shala Shela Sheil shawl Shaul shyly shale |