Definition: 1. A stretch of shallow water. 2. Make shallow. 3. Become shallow. 4. Lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center. 5. Not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply. 6. Lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious.
Use 'shallow' in a sentence:
1. His talk is very shallow.
2. It was fortunate that the water was shallow.
3. We've gone over where coral reefs are usually formed—along the edges of shallow ocean banks in tropical or subtropical regions, and the fact that they are declining at an alarming rate.
4. It is a rather shallow bowl that was crudely made in a mold; hence, in only a limited number of standard sizes.
5. These just fade out on shallow beaches, so the whale doesn't hear an echo and it crashes onto the shore.
6. Most shallow aquifers in sand and gravel deposits produce lower yields, but they can be rapidly recharged.
7. Still exploring the deep, but learning lots from the shallow water.
8. He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!
9. The water is quite shallow for some distance.
10. The river became too narrow and shallow to navigate.
11. That stretch of river is too shallow to be navigable.
12. So, we're learning lots new from the shallow water.
13. We can wade shallow rivers, but deeper ones we'll have to swim.
14. Chinampas are artificial islands built up in shallow lakes.
15. The body was found in a shallow grave.
16. He is a shallow thinker whose opinions aren't worth much.
17. It has been suggested that Pakicetus fed on fish in shallow water and was not yet adapted for life in the open ocean.
18. Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea.
19. Put the milk in a shallow dish.
20. The shallow seas on the continents probably buffered the temperature of the nearby air, keeping it relatively constant.
21. The ship was sent off course into shallow waters.
22. One problem with these sources is that the deep water also has a higher level of salt than shallower aquifers.
23. I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy.
24. We are the only paper in Britain that has consistently ripped apart these shallow lies and half-truths.
25. The mineral content of groundwater normally increases with the depth, but even quite shallow aquifers can be highly saline.
26. From that shallow, gravelly spit near the bank.
27. The morning ride, when the guides take you to beautiful, shallow lakes full of water lilies, tends to be more active.
28. Some prefer shallow collections of freshwater, such as puddles, rice fields, and hoof prints.
29. And when it is autumn, they move to shallow water and get their food.
30. He ventured a high dive into shallow water.
31. As experts continue to study the science of risk-seeking, we'll continue to hit the mountains, the waves or the shallow end of the pool ．
32. He directed the wasted water into shallow basins where it froze, and was stored until the spring ．
33. The southern frontier of the desert was far to the north of where it is now, while semiarid grassland and shallow freshwater lakes covered much of what are now arid plains.
34. His work has been criticized for being imitative and shallow.
35. When it is autumn, they move to shallow water and get their food.
36. Cousteau usually filmed large animals, usually in the open sea, whereas Painlevé generally filmed smaller animals, and he liked to film in shallow water.
37. In the shallow end of Lake Tomwa, there are remains of numerous Jeffery pine trees that grew there during a lengthy drought.
38. She began to hear her own taut, shallow breathing.
39. In fact it is simply shallow: the confused center is right to reject it.
40. It lays its eggs in shallow depressions in the sand with very little protection around them.
41. She would walk on to the beach and watch the night fishermen trawl the shallow waters.
42. The evening news is often criticized for being shallow.
43. Critics also point out that the shallow seaways had retreated from and advanced on the continents numerous times during the Mesozoic.
44. It seems to me your wife was a shallow woman and you're well rid of her.
45. With one exception his novels are shallow and lifeless things.
46. The factory has several shallow pools of brackish water.
47. Break the eggs into a shallow bowl and beat them lightly.
48. Cook the meat in shallow fat.
49. These fish are found in shallow waters around the coast.
50. He's a shallow, disagreeable man.
51. They waded the river at a shallow point.
52. The potato cakes can be shallow or deep-fried until crisp outside and meltingly soft inside.
53. The ill fated ship was sent off course into shallow waters and rammed by another vessel.
