shallow
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

Related terms: deep ankle-deep fordable neritic reefy depth
2. [ verb ] become shallow
Synonyms: shoal
Examples:

"the lake shallowed over time"

Related terms: change shoal
3. [ verb ] make shallow
Synonyms: shoal
Examples:

"The silt shallowed the canal"

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"

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"

Related terms: superficial
6. [ noun ] a stretch of shallow water
Synonyms: shoal
Related terms: body_of_water
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