Definition of shalow
1. shallow [ a ] 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
(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)
the other , a shallow concave gradient ( Fig. 1 ) , was produced with a so-called `` cone sphere '' apparatus , the `` cone '' being a 2 - liter Erlenmeyer_flask and the `` sphere , '' a 2 - liter round-bottom flask .
(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)
At a very shallow place , two Mexicans rushed into the open for a shot .
(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)
Watson watched two of them flounder into the shallow water and listened to their voices beg shrilly .
Synonyms shallow Related Terms deep ankle-deep fordable neritic reefy depth2. shallow [ v ] become shallow
Examples:
"the lake shallowed over time"
3. shallow [ v ] make shallow
Examples:
"The silt shallowed the canal"
4. shallow [ a ] not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
Examples:
"shallow breathing"
"a night of shallow fretful sleep"
"in a shallow trance"
5. shallow [ a ] lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
Examples:
"shallow people"
"his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
6. shallow [ n ] a stretch of shallow water
Synonyms shallow shoal Related Terms body_of_waterSimilar Spelling
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