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shallow

/ shallow /
verb/adjective

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
become shallow
"the lake shallowed over time"
Type of:
change
Derived:
shoal
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 2
make shallow
"The silt shallowed the canal"
Type of:
change alter modify
Derived:
shoal
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
adjective Sense 3
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"
Similar:
ankle-deep knee-deep fordable neritic reefy shelfy shelvy shoaly
Opposites:
deep
adjective Sense 4
not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
"shallow breathing"
"a night of shallow fretful sleep"
"in a shallow trance"
Similar:
light wakeful skin-deep superficial surface(a)
Opposites:
deep
adjective satellite Sense 5
lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
"shallow people"
"his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
Similar:
superficial
noun Sense 6
a stretch of shallow water
Type of:
body of water water
Derived:
shoal
Semantic Complexity
97%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
14
Total Relationships
25
Times Searched
18
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Related Words

change alter modify ankle-deep knee-deep fordable neritic reefy shelfy shelvy shoaly deep