Shallow meaning

What does “shallow” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“shallow” is a noun, verb and adjective with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a stretch of shallow water.

shallow

noun

  1. a stretch of shallow water

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verb

  1. make shallow

    “The silt shallowed the canal”

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  2. become shallow

    “the lake shallowed over time”

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adjective

  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”

    Oppositesdeep
  2. not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply

    “shallow breathing”

    “a night of shallow fretful sleep”

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  3. lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious

    “shallow people”

    “his arguments seemed shallow and tedious”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University