English to English
shallow
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adjective (a)
- lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center(adj.all)Example:
Shallow water.
A shallow dish.
A shallow cut.
A shallow closet.
Established a shallow beachhead.
Hit the ball to shallow left field.
source: wordnet30 - not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply(adj.all)Example:
Shallow breathing.
A night of shallow fretful sleep.
In a shallow trance.
source: wordnet30 - Not deep; having little depth; shoal.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious(adj.all)Example:
Shallow people.
His arguments seemed shallow and tedious.
source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- make shallow(verb.change)Example:
The silt shallowed the canal.
source: wordnet30 - become shallow(verb.change)Example:
The lake shallowed over time.
source: wordnet30 - To make shallow.(verb)source: webster1913
- To become shallow, as water.(verb)source: webster1913