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Shallow

Shallow Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Shallow? [n] a stretch of shallow water [adj] lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension; downward ("shallow water"; "a shallow dish"); or inward from an outer surface ("a shallow cut"); or backward ("a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"); or outward from a center ((sports) "hit the ball to shallow left field") [adj] not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance" [adj] lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious" [v] become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" [v] make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Shallow: ankle-deep \| fordable \| knee-deep \| light \| reefy \| shelfy \| shelvy \| shoal \| shoal \| shoal \| shoaly \| skin-deep \| superficial \| surface(a) \| wakeful Related Terms \| Find terms related to Shallow: See Also \| alter \| body of water \| change \| water Shallow In Webster's Dictionary \Shal"low\, a. [Compar. {Shallower}; superl. {Shallowest}.] [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skj[=a]lgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. {Shelve} to slope, {Shoal} shallow.] 1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. ``Shallow brooks, and rivers wide.'' --Milton. 2. Not deep in tone. [R.] The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring. --Bacon. 3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning. The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king. --Bacon. Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. --Milton. \Shal"low\, n. 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. (Zo["o]l.) The rudd. [Prov. Eng.] \Shal"low\, v. t. To make shallow. --Sir T. Browne. \Shal"low\, v. i. To become shallow, as water.

Shallow Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Shallow?

[n] a stretch of shallow water
[adj] lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension; downward ("shallow water"; "a shallow dish"); or inward from an outer surface ("a shallow cut"); or backward ("a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"); or outward from a center ((sports) "hit the ball to shallow left field")
[adj] not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance"
[adj] lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
[v] become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time"
[v] make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal"

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See Also | alter | body of water | change | water

Shallow In Webster's Dictionary

\Shal"low\, a. [Compar. {Shallower}; superl.
{Shallowest}.] [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or
shelving; cf. Icel. skj[=a]lgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D.
& G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. {Shelve} to slope, {Shoal}
shallow.]
1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. ``Shallow brooks,
   and rivers wide.'' --Milton.

2. Not deep in tone. [R.]

         The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring.
                                               --Bacon.

3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating
   deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant;
   superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.

         The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill
         advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the
         French king.                          --Bacon.

         Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself.
                                               --Milton.


\Shal"low\, n.
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. (Zo["o]l.) The rudd. [Prov. Eng.]


\Shal"low\, v. t.
To make shallow. --Sir T. Browne.


\Shal"low\, v. i.
To become shallow, as water.

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