shallow
Use Shallow in a sentence
oʊ adjective
1.
of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
2.
lacking depth; superficial: a mind that is not narrow but shallow.
3.
taking in a relatively small amount of air in each inhalation: shallow breathing.
4.
Baseball. relatively close to home plate: The shortstop caught the pop fly in shallow left field.
noun
5.
Usually, shallows. ( used with a singular or plural verb ) a shallow part of a body of water; shoal.
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adverb
6.
Baseball. at a shallow position: With the pitcher up, the outfielders played shallow.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
7.
to make or become shallow.
Related forms
shal·low·ly, adverb
shal·low·ness, noun
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shallow (ˈʃæləʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having little depth |
| 2. | lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial |
| —n | |
| 3. | (often plural) a shallow place in a body of water; shoal |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to make or become shallow |
| [C15: related to Old English sceald shallow; see | |
| 'shallowly | |
| —adv | |
| 'shallowness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
shallow
c.1400, schalowe "not deep," probably from O.E. sceald (see shoal). Of breathing, attested from 1875; of thought or feeling, "superficial," first recorded c.1586. The noun, usually shallows, is first recorded 1571, from the adj.
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Example sentences
Self-sufficiency is inefficient and shallow markets are more volatile than deep ones.
After his release, he moped around for days, his bruises slowly changing from deep blue to shallow yellow.
Start with deep seams and leave the shallow seams for when these processes are more fully developed.
Draw a sketch of an ocean cross-section on the board, showing the shallow and deep parts as well as the open ocean.
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