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Definition of Shallow

1. Noun. A stretch of shallow water.

2. Verb. Make shallow. "The silt shallowed the canal"

3. 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"

4. Verb. Become shallow. "The lake shallowed over time"

5. Adjective. Not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply. "In a shallow trance"

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

1. 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) 2. The rudd. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Shallow

shall shall's shall-flower shalli shallis shalln't shallnae shallon shallons shalloon

shalloons shallop shallops shallot shallots shallow (current term) shallow-copy shallow-draft shallow-draught shallow-fry

shallow-hearted shallow-waisted shallow breathing shallow copy shallow embedding shallow fording shallowed shallower shallowest shallowing

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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