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Entry 7 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Shallow

/shăl'-ō/ · Shal·low · IPA /ˈʃæl.oʊ/
01 a. Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
  1. 1.
    Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
  2. 2.
    Not deep in tone.[R.]
    “The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring.” — Bacon.
  3. 3.
    Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.
    “The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king.” — Bacon.
    “Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself.” — Milton.
02 n. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
  1. 1.
    A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
    “A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel.” — Bacon.
    “Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand.” — Dryden.
  2. 2.
    The rudd.(Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]
03 v. t. To make shallow.
  1. 1.
    To make shallow.
04 v. i. To become shallow, as water.
  1. 1.
    To become shallow, as water.