1
[ adjective ] lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension; downward ("shallow water"

Examples

"a shallow dish") inward from an outer surface ("a shallow cut") backward ("a shallow closet") or outward from a center

Used in print

(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)

the other , a shallow concave gradient ( Fig. 1 ) , was produced with a so-called `` cone sphere '' apparatus , the `` cone '' being a 2 - liter Erlenmeyer_flask and the `` sphere , '' a 2 - liter round-bottom flask .

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

At a very shallow place , two Mexicans rushed into the open for a shot .

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

Watson watched two of them flounder into the shallow water and listened to their voices beg shrilly .

2
[ verb ] become shallow

Synonyms

shoal

Examples

"the lake shallowed over time"

Related terms

change shoal

3
[ verb ] make shallow

Synonyms

shoal

Examples

"The silt shallowed the canal"

Related terms

change shoal

4
[ adjective ] not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply

Examples

"shallow breathing" "a night of shallow fretful sleep" "in a shallow trance"

Related terms

deep skin-deep light depth

5
[ adjective ] lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious

Examples

"shallow people" "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"

Related terms

superficial

6
[ noun ] a stretch of shallow water

Synonyms

shoal

Related terms

body_of_water

*