shallow

 
Pronunciation: /ˈʃaləʊ/

adjective

  • 1of little depth: serve the noodles in a shallow bowl being fairly shallow, the water was warm
  • situated at no great depth: the shallow bed of the North Sea
  • varying only slightly from a specified or understood line or direction, especially the horizontal: a shallow roof
  • (of breathing) taking in little air.
  • 2not exhibiting, requiring, or capable of serious thought: a shallow analysis of contemporary society

noun

(shallows)
  • an area of the sea, a lake, or a river where the water is not very deep.

verb

[no object]
  • (of the sea, a lake, or a river) become less deep over time or in a particular place: the boat ground to a halt where the water shallowed

Derivatives

shallowly

adverb

shallowness

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: obscurely related to shoal2