shallow
(adjective) 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”; “a shallow cut”; “a shallow closet”; “established a shallow beachhead”; “hit the ball to shallow left field”
shallow
(adjective) not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; “shallow breathing”; “a night of shallow fretful sleep”; “in a shallow trance”
shallow
(adjective) lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; “shallow people”; “his arguments seemed shallow and tedious”
shoal, shallow
(noun) a stretch of shallow water
shallow, shoal
(verb) become shallow; “the lake shallowed over time”
shallow, shoal
(verb) make shallow; “The silt shallowed the canal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Shallow (plural Shallows)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shallow is the 30889th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 753 individuals. Shallow is most common among White (81.27%) and Black/African American (16.07%) individuals.
• hallows
shallow (comparative shallower, superlative shallowest)
Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
Extending not far downward.
Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
Lacking interest or substance.
Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
(obsolete) Not deep in tone.
(tennis) Not far forward, close to the net.
• deep
shallow (plural shallows)
A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
A fish, the rudd.
• Usually used in the plural form.
shallow (third-person singular simple present shallows, present participle shallowing, simple past and past participle shallowed)
(ambitransitive) To make or become less deep.
• hallows
Source: Wiktionary
Shal"low, a. [Compar. Shallower; superl. Shallowest.] Etym: [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skjalgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. Shelve to slope, Shoal shallow.]
1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. "Shallow brooks, and rivers wide." Milton.
2. Not deep in tone. [R.] The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring. Bacon.
3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning. The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king. Bacon. Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. Milton.
Shal"low, n.
1. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf. A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. Bacon. Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand. Dryden.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The rudd. [Prov. Eng.]
Shal"low, v. t.
Definition: To make shallow. Sir T. Browne.
Shal"low, v. i.
Definition: To become shallow, as water.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 February 2025
(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
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