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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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Definition of 'shallow' 
