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English adjective: shallow | |||
| 1. | shallow lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center | ||
| Samples | Shallow water. A shallow dish. A shallow cut. A shallow closet. Established a shallow beachhead. Hit the ball to shallow left field. | ||
| Similar | ankle-deep, fordable, knee-deep, neritic, reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly | ||
| Attribute | deepness, depth | ||
| Antonyms | deep | ||
| 2. | shallow not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply | ||
| Samples | Shallow breathing. A night of shallow fretful sleep. In a shallow trance. | ||
| Similar | light, wakeful | ||
| Attribute | deepness, depth | ||
| Antonyms | deep | ||
| 3. | shallow lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious | ||
| Samples | Shallow people. His arguments seemed shallow and tedious. | ||
| Similar | superficial | ||
| Antonyms | profound | ||
English noun: shallow | |||
| 1. | shallow (object) a stretch of shallow water | ||
| Synonyms | shoal | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body of water, water | ||
English verb: shallow | |||
| 1. | shallow (change) make shallow | ||
| Samples | The silt shallowed the canal. | ||
| Synonyms | shoal | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| 2. | shallow (change) become shallow | ||
| Samples | The lake shallowed over time. | ||
| Synonyms | shoal | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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