Shallow

['ʃæləʊ] or ['ʃælo]

Definition

(verb.) become shallow; 'the lake shallowed over time'.

(verb.) make shallow; 'The silt shallowed the canal'.

(adj.) 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' .

(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' .

Typed by Jody--From WordNet

Definition

(superl.) Not deep; having little depth; shoal.

(superl.) Not deep in tone.

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

(n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.

(n.) The rudd.

(v. t.) To make shallow.

(v. i.) To become shallow, as water.

Inputed by Heinrich

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Shoal, not deep.[2]. Superficial, unintelligent, simple, ignorant, not profound.[3]. Flimsy, trivial, frivolous, trifling, foolish, puerile, trashy.

n. Shoal, flat, shelf, bank.

Typed by Eugenia

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Shoal, slight, flimsy, trifling, simple, superficial, unprofound

ANT:Deep, profound

Checker: Luther

Definition

n. a sandbank: a place over which the water is not deep: a shoal.—adj. not deep: not profound: not wise: trifling.—v.t. to make shallow.—v.i. to grow shallow.—adjs. Shall′ow-brained -pā′ted weak in intellect; Shall′ow-heart′ed not capable of deep feelings.—adv. Shall′owly (Shak.) simply foolishly.—n. Shall′owness.

Checker: Rowena

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