shallow

  • 21shallow — adj. 1 not deep VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ become, get ▪ The water gets shallow closer to the shore. ▪ remain …

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  • 22shallow — Synonyms and related words: airy, amateur, amateurish, ankle deep, asinine, bank, bar, birdbrained, birdwitted, catchpenny, coral reef, cursory, dabbling, depthless, dilettante, dilettantish, empty, epidermal, fatuous, featherbrained, few, fill… …

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  • 23shallow — 1. adjective /ˈʃaləʊ,ˈʃæl.oʊ/ a) Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide. This crater is relatively shallow b) Extending not far downward. Saute the onions in a shallow pan Ant: deep 2 …

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  • 24shallow — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 of little depth. 2 superficial, trivial (a shallow mind). n. (often in pl.) a shallow place. v.intr. & tr. become or make shallow. Derivatives: shallowly adv. shallowness n. Etymology: ME, prob. rel. to schald, OE sceald… …

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  • 25Shallow — This surname is Irish and was originally a descriptive nickname for a land owner. Recorded in the spellings of O Shelley and Shelley in Munster and as Shally in Connacht, with the much rarer forms of Shaloe, Shalloe, Shallow, and Shalloo, being… …

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  • 26shallow — adjective 1》 of little depth. 2》 not showing, requiring, or capable of serious thought. noun (shallows) a shallow area of water. verb become shallow. Derivatives shallowly adverb shallowness noun Origin ME: obscurely related to shoal2 …

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  • 27shallow*/ — [ˈʃæləʊ] adj 1) with only a short distance from the top or surface to the bottom Ant: deep Move to the shallow end of the pool.[/ex] He dug a shallow trench.[/ex] 2) not interested in serious ideas, strong feelings, or other important things Syn …

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  • 28shallow —   Pāpa u, hāpapa; mālānai, mānānai, pānānai, nānai (rare).    ♦ Shallow rooted, mālana, pūhai.    ♦ Sea too shallow to float a canoe in, kai ko ele …

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  • 29shallow — Rudd Rudd, n. [See {Rud}, n.] (Zo[ o]l.) A fresh water European fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus erythrophthalmus}). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30shallow — shal·low shal (.)ō, ə( w) adj displacing comparatively little air <shallow breathing> …

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