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  1. verb
    become shallow
    "the lake shallowed over time"

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  2. noun
    a stretch of shallow water

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  3. verb
    make shallow
    "The silt shallowed the canal"

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  4. adjective
    lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
    "shallow people" "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"

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  5. adjective
    lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
    "shallow water" "a shallow dish" "a shallow cut" "a shallow closet" "established a shallow beachhead" "hit the ball to shallow left field"
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  6. adjective
    not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
    "shallow breathing" "a night of shallow fretful sleep" "in a shallow trance"

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Definition that contains shallow
  • pan shallow container made of metal
  • superficiality shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something
  • odontaspis taurus shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
  • fordable shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle
  • sand shark shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
  • sea urchin shallow-water echinoderms having soft bodies enclosed in thin spiny globular shells
  • sand tiger shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
  • carcharias taurus shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
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