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Definition of Shallow
1. Adjective. Lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center. "Hit the ball to shallow left field"
Similar to: Ankle-deep, Knee-deep, Fordable, Neritic, Reefy, Shelfy, Shelvy, Shoaly
Antonyms: Deep
Derivative terms: Shallowness
2. Verb. Make shallow. "The silt shallowed the canal"
3. Noun. A stretch of shallow water.
4. Adjective. Not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply. "In a shallow trance"
5. Verb. Become shallow. "The lake shallowed over time"
6. Adjective. Lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious. "His arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
Definition of Shallow
1. a. Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
2. n. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
3. v. t. To make shallow.
4. v. i. To become shallow, as water.
Definition of Shallow
1. Adjective. Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide. ¹
2. Adjective. Extending not far downward. ¹
3. Adjective. Concerned mainly with superficial matters. ¹
4. Adjective. Lacking interest or substance. ¹
5. Adjective. ¹
6. Noun. A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water. ¹
7. Verb. To make or become less deep ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shallow
1. having little depth [adj -LOWER, -LOWEST] / to make shallow [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: shallow
Medical Definition of Shallow
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1. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf. "A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel." (Bacon) "Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand." (Dryden)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Shallow
Literary usage of Shallow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1801)
"There is a pretty large shallow inclosed by the ridges which follow some ...
In a cluster of openings, there is an incipient shallow, coming from one of ..."
2. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1898)
"Justice justice shallow is beyond doubt a reminiscence of shallow. the owner Of
... Justice shallow, Davies's 'Justice Clod- pate,' came to birth in the ..."
3. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Justice justice shallow is beyond doubt a reminiscence of shallow. the owner ef
... Justice shallow, Davies's 'Justice Clod- pate,' came to birth in the ..."
4. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1898)
"Justice justice shallow is beyond doubt a reminiscence of shallow. the owner of
... Justice shallow, Davies's 'Justice Clod- pate,' came to birth in the ..."
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