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shallows

[shal-oh] Origin

shal·low

[shal-oh] adjective, -er, -est, noun, adverb, verb
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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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English schalowe (adj.); akin to Old English sceald shallow (see shoal1)

shal·low·ly, adverb
shal·low·ness, noun
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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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