shallow 
shal·low (s̸hal′ō)
adjective
- not deep a shallow lake
- lacking depth of character, intellect, or meaning; superficial
- slight; weak shallow breathing
Etymology: ME shalow < OE *scealw < IE base *(s)kel-, to dry out > shoal, Gr skellein
noun
a shallow place in a body of water; shoal
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to make or become shallow
shallow
modif.
Lacking physical depth
shoal, depthless, slight, inconsiderable, superficial, with the bottom in plain sight, with no depth, with little depth, not deep, as deep as a mud puddle*, not deep enough to float a match*, no deeper than a heavy dew*. Antonyms
deep*, bottomless*, unfathomable. * Lacking intellectual depth
superficial, simple, silly, trifling, frothy, insane, frivolous, superficial, petty, foolish, farcical, idle, unintelligent, piffling*, piddling*, namby-pamby*, lightweight*, wishy-washy*; see also dull 3, stupid 1.Antonyms
profound*, philosophic*, wise. See syn. study at superficial.superficial.
Preposition: at
- end: This is a lovely 11 acre water with deep areas nearest the road and shallows at the far end.
Adjective modifier
- sandy: The can impart a nasty sting on the unwary and bare foot paddler over the sandy shallows.
Modifies a noun
- groove: Groove On 4m HD The shallow groove in the right wall.
- lagoon: About 110 million years ago, rising sea levels flooded southern England, and a shallow lagoon formed.
- dish: Put 5 tbsp vinegar in a shallow dish just wide enough to fit 4 breast halves.
- water: Good small water / drain choice for shallow water or sub surface work.
- depth: It prepares a nest by biting vegetation from a circular area in shallow depths near shore.
- reef: It has a diameter of some 40 miles with over 700 shallow patch reefs in its interior.
Modifying Another Word
- relatively: In the Oldham area, relatively shallow pits were dug due to flooding problems.
- fairly: The lowest of these horizons was cut by several fairly shallow ( max.
- too: The few patches of water linking the lake with the flooded forest were too shallow to allow any large fish to escape.
- broadly: In keeping with most writers - both novelists and journalists - I am ' broadly shallow ' .
- rather: I have always needed ritual but found it rather shallow when not part of a creative process.
- very: At the head of the island there is a very shallow section where the two channels part.
Infinitive complement
- allow: The few patches of water linking the lake with the flooded forest were too shallow to allow any large fish to escape.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Water levels are at their lowest from August to January, when some rapids become too shallow to traverse.
- stay: Those who were happy to stay shallower than this were allowed 30 minutes.
- feel: Feeling horrendously shallow I got the chance to see the movie again with my next boyfriend, I fell asleep.
- look: Her generalizations look shallow compared with the impressive close-reading skills that are common among analysts of message headers in on-line groups.
- get: I gave her a course and she followed it until the depth sounder started to get shallower.
They have spoken lightly of my deathless friends, (Lamps for my gloom, handsguiding where I stumble,) Quoting, for shallow conversational ends, What Shelley shrilled, what Blake once wildly muttered How can they use such names and be not humble?
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