English dictionary
shallow
adjectivePronunciation
ˈʃaləʊ
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
adjective
- not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
adjective
- lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
noun
- a stretch of shallow water
verb
- become shallow
verb
- make shallow
Example sentences
shallow water
a shallow dish
a shallow cut
a shallow closet
established a shallow beachhead
shallow breathing
a night of shallow fretful sleep
in a shallow trance
shallow people
his arguments seemed shallow and tedious
the lake shallowed over time
The silt shallowed the canal