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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Shallow

Shāl'lōw, a.

adjective

a. [compar. SHALLOWER; superl. SHALLOWEST.] [From the noun.]

  1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. “Shallow brooks, and rivers wide.” Milton.
  2. Slight; not deep; not of low, heavy, or penetrating sound. “The sound perfecter and not so shallow or jarring.” Bacon.
  3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind or understanding; shallow skill. “Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself.” Milton.

Shăl'lōw, n.

noun

n. [From shelf, 2.] 1. A place where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a sand-bank; a shelf. “Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand.” Dryden. A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. Bacon. 2. A small fish; the rudd.

Shāl'lōw, v. t.

verbtransitive

To make shallow. [Rare.] Herbert.