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shallow
/'ʃæloʊ/
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  1. verb
    become shallow
    "the lake shallowed over time"

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    shoal
    type of:
    change
  2. noun
    a stretch of shallow water

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    shoal
    type of:
    body of water water
  3. verb
    make shallow
    "The silt shallowed the canal"

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    shoal
    type of:
    alter modify change
  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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    superficial
  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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    fordable knee-deep neritic reefy shelfy shelvy shoaly superficial ankle-deep
    Opposite:
    deep
  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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    wakeful light
    Opposite:
    deep
Examples of shallow
  • "the lake shallowed over time"
  • "The silt shallowed the canal"
  • "shallow people"
  • "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
  • "shallow water"
  • "a shallow dish"
  • "a shallow cut"
  • "a shallow closet"
  • "established a shallow beachhead"
  • "hit the ball to shallow left field"
  • "shallow breathing"
  • "a night of shallow fretful sleep"
  • "in a shallow trance"
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