shallows

[shal·low]

The adjective shallow can describe things that aren't very deep, like a shallow puddle, or people who don't have much emotional or intellectual depth, like shallow people who judge others on their looks and how much money they have.

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Not deep; having little depth; shoal.

Noun
a stretch of shallow water

Verb
become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time"

Verb
make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal"

Adjective
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

Adjective
not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance"

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Adjective S.
lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"


superl.
Not deep; having little depth; shoal.

superl.
Not deep in tone.

superl.
Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.

n.
A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.

n.
The rudd.

v. t.
To make shallow.

v. i.
To become shallow, as water.


Shallow

Shal"low , a. [Compar. Shallower ; superl. Shallowest.] [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skj'belgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. Shelve to slope, Shoal shallow.] 1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. "Shallow brooks, and rivers wide." Milton. 2. Not deep in tone. [R.]
The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring.
3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.
The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king.
Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself.

Shallow

Shal"low, n. 1. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel.
Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand.
2. (Zo'94l.) The rudd. [Prov. Eng.]

Shallow

Shal"low, v. t. To make shallow. Sir T. Browne.

Shallow

Shal"low, v. i. To become shallow, as water.

Not deep; having little depth; shoal.

A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.

To make shallow.

To become shallow, as water.

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Usage Examples

It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.

The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason.

I am going to get political on you. Because I am the most shallow person in the world, my mission is to see men's formal wear change a little bit. It is too rigid! Everybody looks like a penguin!

There's nothing wrong with being shallow as long as you're insightful about it.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity speech is shallow as Time.

I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.

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Other Usage Examples

The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to think that there are solutions to most problems.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Unfortunately, 'chick flick' has become a term to describe most movies that I don't even like. They're these movies that, yes, have women in them but they really don't reflect who women are, and there's something kind of silly or shallow or gossipy about them.

Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep the truth is that they are not even shallow.

Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow.

Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.

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