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Defenition of the word shallow

    • Defenition of the word shallow

      • At face value.
      • Close to the surface.
      • Having little depth.
      • lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension; downward ("shallow water"; "a shallow dish"); or inward from an outer surface ("a shallow cut"); or backward ("a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"); or outward from a center ((sports) "hit the ball to shallow left field")
      • not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance"
      • lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
      • become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time"
      • make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal"
      • a stretch of shallow water
      • 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
      • become shallow
      • make shallow
      • lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
      • not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
      • lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious

    Synonyms for the word shallow

      • shoal

    Similar words in the shallow

      • ankle-deep
      • fordable
      • knee-deep
      • light
      • neritic
      • reefy
      • shelfy
      • shelvy
      • shoal
      • shoaly
      • skin-deep
      • superficial
      • surface
      • surface(a)
      • wakeful

    Hypernyms for the word shallow

      • alter
      • body of water
      • change
      • modify
      • water

    Antonyms for the word shallow

      • deep
      • excellent
      • profound

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