ADJECTIVE | all | shallow | lacking physical depth |
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all | shallow | not deep or strong | |
all | shallow | lacking depth of intellect or knowledge | |
VERB | change | shallow, shoal | make shallow |
change | shallow, shoal | become shallow | |
NOUN | object | shallow, shoal | a stretch of shallow water |
Sounds | shae'low | |
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Rhymes | afterglow ... yellow: 77 rhymes with low... |
Meaning | lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center. | |
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Attribute of | depth, deepness | The extent downward or backward or inward |
Narrower | ankle-deep, knee-deep | Coming only to the ankle or knee |
fordable | shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle | |
neritic | relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast | |
reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly | Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals | |
superficial | Occurring on or near the surface of the skin | |
Opposite | deep | Having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center |
Spanish | poco profundo, superficial | |
Catalan | superficial | |
Nouns | shallow | a stretch of shallow water |
shallowness | the quality of lacking physical depth | |
Adverbs | shallowly | in a shallow manner |
Meaning | not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply. | |
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Attribute of | depth, deepness | The extent downward or backward or inward |
Narrower | light, wakeful | (of sleep) easily disturbed |
Opposite | deep | relatively deep or strong |
Spanish | superficial | |
Catalan | superficial |
Meaning | lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious. | |
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Broader | superficial | Concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious |
Spanish | charlatán, superficial | |
Catalan | superficial | |
Nouns | shallowness | lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling |
Meaning | A stretch of shallow water. | |
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Synonym | shoal | |
Broader | body of water, water | The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) |
Spanish | bajío, bajo, poco profundo | |
Adjectives | shallow | lacking physical depth |
Verbs | shallow | become shallow |
shallow | make shallow |
Meaning | make shallow. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "The silt shallowed the canal" | |
Synonym | shoal | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | hacer poco profundo, hacer superficial, perder profundidad | |
Nouns | shallow | a stretch of shallow water |
Meaning | Become shallow. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "the lake shallowed over time" | |
Synonym | shoal | |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Nouns | shallow | a stretch of shallow water |
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