shallow
of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
lacking depth; superficial: a mind that is not narrow but shallow.
taking in a relatively small amount of air in each inhalation: shallow breathing.
Baseball. relatively close to home plate: The shortstop caught the pop fly in shallow left field.
Usually shallows. (used with a singular or plural verb) a shallow part of a body of water; shoal.
Baseball. at a shallow position: With the pitcher up, the outfielders played shallow.
to make or become shallow.
Origin of shallow
1Other words from shallow
- shal·low·ly, adverb
- shal·low·ness, noun
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How to use shallow in a sentence
They look dark green in 2001, light green in 2005, as the sea grew shallower, and this year they are all but gone.
“Megalodon fossils appear in shallower marine sediments,” Balk said.
Shark Week Is Lying Again: Megalodon Is Definitely Extinct | David Shiffman | August 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHertli also is considering creating lower-price items for those with shallower pockets but gilded aspirations.
Using fictional characters, Brooks describes a generation that has “a sense that they are shallower than they need to be.”
The cumulative effect, he argues, is to make the counterculture seem shallower than it actually was.
The swirl of the current swept him into the shallower stream below.
The Highgrader | William MacLeod RaineIt may be crossed either close to the sea-shore, or at a shallower spot not far distant.
The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria | Ludwig SalvatorAnd the waters which gush forth are increasing in volume; the stream does not become shallower but deepens in its flow.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. GaebeleinHere she let go and slowly shoved her foot ahead of her until she felt the water getting shallower as she proceeded toward shore.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest | Lillian Elizabeth RoyOur tacks suddenly began to grow longer, and the depths, which I registered, shallower.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine Childers
British Dictionary definitions for shallow
/ (ˈʃæləʊ) /
having little depth
lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
(often plural) a shallow place in a body of water; shoal
to make or become shallow
Origin of shallow
1Derived forms of shallow
- shallowly, adverb
- shallowness, noun
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