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1. (adj.) shallow
of little depth:
shallow water.
2. shallow
lacking depth; superficial:
a shallow mind.
3. shallow
taking in a relatively small amount of air in each inhalation:
shallow breathing.
4. (n.) shallow
Usu., shallows. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a shallow part of a body of water; shoal.
5. (v.i.) shallow
to make or become shallow.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME schalowe (adj.); akin to OE sceald shallow (see shoal1))
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| Definition of 'Shallow' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) shoal, shallow
a stretch of shallow water
2. (adj) shallow
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"
3. (adj) shallow
not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
"shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance"
4. (verb) shallow
lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
"shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
5. (verb) shallow, shoal
make shallow
"The silt shallowed the canal"
6. (verb) shallow, shoal
become shallow
"the lake shallowed over time"
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1. (adjective) shallow
≠ deep
a shallow pond; The ditch was shallow.; a shallow pan
2. shallow
(of a person or idea) not showing serious thought or complicated emotions
a shallow TV comedy
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| Definition of 'Shallow' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Shallow
a place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf
2. (noun) Shallow
the rudd
3. Shallow
not deep; having little depth; shoal
4. Shallow
not deep in tone
5. Shallow
not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning
6. (verb) Shallow
to make shallow
7. (verb) Shallow
to become shallow, as water
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Sense: not deep
shallow water; a shallow pit.
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 Afrikaans: vlak |
 Arabic: ضَحْل |
 Bulgarian: плитък |
 Brazilian: pouco fundo |
 Czech: mělký |
 German: seicht |
 Danish: lav |
 Greek: ρηχός |
 Spanish: poco profundo |
 Estonian: madal |
 Farsi: كم عمق |
 Finnish: matala |
 French: peu profond |
 Hebrew: רָדוּד |
 Hindi: उथला जल |
 Croatian: plitak |
 Hungarian: sekély |
 Indonesian: dangkal |
 Icelandic: grunnur |
 Italian: basso, (poco profondo) |
 Japanese: 浅い |
 Korean: 얕은 |
 Lithuanian: seklus |
 Latvian: sekls |
 Malay: cetek |
 Dutch: ondiep |
 Norwegian: grunn |
 Polish: płytki |
 Persian: كم عمق |
 Pashto: ورګ (چې ژورنه وي)، رغي، ګ |
 Portuguese: pouco fundo |
 Romanian: puţin adânc |
 Russian: мелкий |
 Slovak: plytký |
 Slovenian: plitev |
 Serbian: plitak |
 Swedish: grund |
 Thai: ตื้น |
 Turkish: sığ |
 Taiwanese: 淺的 |
 Ukrainian: мілкий; мілководний |
 Urdu: کم گہرا |
 Vietnamese: nông, cạn |
 Chinese: 浅的 |
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