HyperDic: shallow

English > 6 senses of the word *shallow*:
ADJECTIVE	all	shallow	lacking physical depth
	all	shallow	not deep or strong
	all	shallow	lacking depth of intellect or knowledge
VERB	change	shallow, shoal	make shallow
VERB	change	shallow, shoal	become shallow
NOUN	object	shallow, shoal	a stretch of shallow water

shallow > pronunciation
Sounds	shae'low
Rhymes	afterglow ... yellow: 77 rhymes with low...

English > *shallow*: 6 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center.
Examples	"shallow water" "a shallow dish" "a shallow cut" "a shallow closet" "established a shallow beachhead" "hit the ball to shallow left field"
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
Nouns	shallowness	the quality of lacking physical depth
Adverbs	shallowly	in a shallow manner

English > *shallow*: 6 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply.
Examples	"shallow breathing" "a night of shallow fretful sleep" "in a shallow trance"
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

English > *shallow*: 6 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious.
Examples	"shallow people" "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
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

English > *shallow*: 6 senses > noun 1, object
Meaning	A stretch of shallow water.
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
Verbs	shallow	make shallow

English > *shallow*: 6 senses > verb 1, change
Meaning	make shallow.
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

English > *shallow*: 6 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	Become shallow.
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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