1. (

• shoal ,
• shallow

) a stretch of shallow water ;

1. (

• shallow ,
• shoal ,

) make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" ;

2. (

• shallow ,
• shoal

) become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" ;

1. (

• shallow ,

) lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field" ;

2. (

• shallow ,

) not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance" ;

3. (

• shallow

) lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious" ;