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shallows
[
shal
-oh
]
Origin
shal·low
/
ˈʃæl
oʊ
/
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[
shal
-oh
]
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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 stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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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.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
schalowe
(adj.); akin to
Old English
sceald
shallow (
see
shoal
1
)
Related forms
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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