Definitions for shallow

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shallow shal·low

Spelling: [shal-oh]

IPA: /ˈʃæl oʊ/

Shallow is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in shallow (ahllosw).

Definitions for shallow

noun

1. Usually, shallows. (used with a singular or plural verb) a shallow part of a body of water; shoal.

adverb

1. Baseball. at a shallow position:

adjective

1. of little depth; not deep:
2. lacking depth; superficial:
3. taking in a relatively small amount of air in each inhalation:
4. Baseball. relatively close to home plate:

verb (used with or without object)

1. to make or become shallow.

Origin of shallow

1350-1400; Middle English schalowe (adj.); akin to Old English sceald shallow (see shoal¹)

Examples for shallow

In every shallow ravine were groves of tree ferns forty feet tall.

Near the banks, the water is shallow and her palm frond oars propel her.

These he drove firmly into the soft bottom of a shallow lake.

Sadly, sometimes even the “good” guys can be pretty darn deceptive, shallow, and arrogant.

He was in a shallow basin which luckily pointed in the right direction for him.

The soldiers are forced to dig their own shallow grave and are then shot in a chilling scene at the conclusion.

They converted what should have been a long-overdue moral reckoning into a shallow and hysterical ratings bonanza.

The shallow water of the lagoon ran into gold-tipped ripples.

Men cross the river at shallow points with herds of animals while women tend the fields in colorful dresses.

Below this opening was a shallow basin into which the rainwater fell.