shallow (adj.)

  1. 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'

  2. not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; shallow breathing; a night of shallow fretful sleep; in a shallow trance'

    shallow (n.)

  1. a stretch of shallow water

    [ Syn: shoal ]

    shallow (adj.)

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

    shallow (v.)

  1. make shallow; The silt shallowed the canal

    [ Syn: shoal ]

  2. become shallow; the lake shallowed over time

    [ Syn: shoal ]

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