Definition of shallow

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Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.

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Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning..
Lacunous :: Lacunous (a.) Furrowed or pitted; having shallow cavities or lacunae; as, a lacunose leaf..
Flatboat :: Flatboat (n.) A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters..
Slack :: Slack (n.) A valley, or small, shallow dell..
Saucer :: Saucer (n.) A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships..
Camel :: Camel (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted..
Shelfy :: Shelfy (a.) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
Punnet :: Punnet (n.) A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers..
Bank :: Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland..
Setter :: Setter (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.
Pated :: Pated (a.) Having a pate; -- used only in composition; as, long-pated; shallow-pated..
Toadfish :: Toadfish (n.) Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo..
Emargination :: Emargination (n.) The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin..
Swash :: Swash (v. i.) To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place..
Superficiary :: Superficialize (v. t.) To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way..
Shoaling :: Shoaling (a.) Becoming shallow gradually.
Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A broad, shallow basket..
Shallowness :: Shallowness (n.) Quality or state of being shallow.
Shoaly :: Shoaly (a.) Full of shoals, or shallow places..
Zither :: Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.].
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