Definition of shallow

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  • shallow is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
  • shallow is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
  • shallow is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of shallow

  • become shallow (verb)

    Examples

    1. the lake shallowed over time

    Synonyms

    1. shoal
  • a stretch of shallow water (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. shoal
  • make shallow (verb)

    Examples

    1. The silt shallowed the canal

    Synonyms

    1. shoal
  • lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious (adjective)

    Examples

    1. shallow people
    2. his arguments seemed shallow and tedious
  • lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center (adjective)

    Examples

    1. shallow water
    2. a shallow dish
    3. a shallow cut
    4. a shallow closet
    5. established a shallow beachhead
    6. hit the ball to shallow left field
  • not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply (adjective)

    Examples

    1. shallow breathing
    2. a night of shallow fretful sleep
    3. in a shallow trance

See definition of shallow in Merriam Webster