Shallow - Definition

adj 1: 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"
[ant: deep]
2: not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow
breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow
trance" [ant: deep]
3: lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with
what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed
shallow and tedious"
n 1: a stretch of shallow water [syn: shoal, shallow]
v 1: make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" [syn:
shallow, shoal]
2: become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" [syn:
shallow, shoal]