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n. (object) | 1. shallow, shoal | a stretch of shallow water. |
| ~ body of water, water | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean).; "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" |
v. (change) | 2. shallow, shoal | make shallow.; "The silt shallowed the canal" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
v. (change) | 3. shallow, shoal | become shallow.; "the lake shallowed over time" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
adj. | 4. shallow | 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" |
| ~ 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.; "the stream was fordable" |
| ~ neritic | relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast.; "neritic fauna" |
| ~ reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly | full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters" |
adj. | 5. shallow | not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply.; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance" |
| ~ wakeful, light | (of sleep) easily disturbed.; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night" |
adj. | 6. shallow | lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious.; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious" |
| ~ superficial | concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually.; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences" |
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