Dictionary Check: shallow

"shallow" is a valid word!

Scrabble 13 points
Words with Friends 14 points

Definition

adjective

lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center

Example: "shallow water"
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adjective

not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply

Example: "shallow breathing"
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adjective

lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious

Example: "shallow people"
noun

a stretch of shallow water

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verb

make shallow

Example: "The silt shallowed the canal"
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verb

become shallow

Example: "the lake shallowed over time"
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