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1.
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 to shallow left field
2.
not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
shallow breathing
a night of shallow fretful sleep
in a shallow trance
3.
lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
shallow people
his arguments seemed shallow and tedious
'shallow' - used as a noun
4.
a stretch of shallow water
'shallow' - used as a verb
5.
make shallow
The silt shallowed the canal
6.
become shallow
the lake shallowed over time
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derived forms
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1. Shallow / Plural
shallows
2. Shallow / Past
shallowed
3. Shallow / Third Person
shallows
4. Shallow / Present Participle
shallowing
5. Shallow / Comparitive
shallower
6. Shallow / Superlative
shallowest
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