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(verb) become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" |
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Synonyms: shoal |
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Related Words: change |
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(verb) make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" |
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Synonyms: shoal |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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(adjective) lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension; downward ("shallow water"; "a shallow dish"); or inward from an outer surface ("a shallow cut"); or backward ("a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"); or outward from a center ((sports) "hit the ball to shallow left field") |
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Antonyms: deep |
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(adjective) not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance" |
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Antonyms: deep |
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(satellite adjective) lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious" |
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(noun) a stretch of shallow water |
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Synonyms: shoal |
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Related Words: body of water, water |
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