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Definitions for shallows
shal·lows
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shallowsnoun
An area in a large body of water with many shallow areas.
You'll have to navigate carefully through these shallows.
Wikipedia
Shallows
Shallows (1984) is a novel by Australian author Tim Winton. It won the 1984 Miles Franklin Award, and was the 1985 joint winner of Western Australian Premier's Book Award - Fiction. Carolyn See called it "a dark masterpiece that ranks with Moby-Dick".
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Shallows
Shallows is a 1984 novel by Australian author Tim Winton about whaling. Shallows won the 1984 Miles Franklin Award. Carolyn See called it "a dark masterpiece that ranks with "Moby-Dick."
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
shallows
A continuation of shoal water.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shallows in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shallows in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of shallows in a Sentence
William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar", Act 4 scene 3:
There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar:
There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the floud leads on to fortune ommitted, all the voyage of their lives are bound in shallows and in miseries
There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
We are building a swimming pool in our back garden, but it's a swimming pond so it's natural fresh water and we are going to have plants and stuff growing around in the shallows here, when lockdown came around we had loads of time on our hands - it was the perfect opportunity to get it done.
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