SHALLOW

• (noun) a stretch of shallow water

  synonyms : shoal

• (verb) become shallow

  "the lake shallowed over time"

  synonyms : shoal

• (verb) make shallow

  "The silt shallowed the canal"

  synonyms : shoal

• (adj.) 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"

• (adj.) not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply

  "shallow breathing", "a night of shallow fretful sleep", "in a shallow trance"

• (adj.) lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious

  "shallow people", "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"

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