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Meaning of 'shallow' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shallow [ n.]
- A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
- The rudd.
2 . Shallow [ superl.]
- Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
- Not deep in tone.
- Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.
3 . Shallow [ v. i.]
- To become shallow, as water.
4 . Shallow [ v. t.]
- To make shallow.

Meaning of 'shallow' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shallow [ v]
Meaning (1):
- become shallow
Example in sentence:
  • the lake shallowed over time
Meaning (2):
- make shallow
Example in sentence:
  • The silt shallowed the canal
3 . shallow [ a]
Meaning (3):
- not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
Example in sentence:
  • a night of shallow fretful sleep;
  • in a shallow trance;
  • shallow breathing
Meaning (4):
- lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
Example in sentence:
  • a shallow closet;
  • a shallow cut;
  • a shallow dish;
  • established a shallow beachhead;
  • hit the ball to shallow left field;
  • shallow water
5 . shallow [ s]
Meaning (5):
- lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
Example in sentence:
  • his arguments seemed shallow and tedious;
  • shallow people

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