shallow
Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
Adjective 4 meanings
Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
“This crater is relatively shallow.”
Extending not far downward.
“The water is shallow here.”
Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
“It was a glamorous but shallow lifestyle.”
Lacking interest or substance; flat; one-dimensional.
“The acting is good, but the characters are shallow.”
Noun 2 meanings
A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
“The ship ran aground in an unexpected shallow.”
A fish, the rudd.
Verb 1 meaning
To make or become less deep.
Etymology
From Middle English schalowe (“not deep, shallow”); apparently related to Middle English schalde, schold, scheld, schealde (“shallow”), from Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from Proto-Germanic *skal-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, dry out”). Related to Low German Scholl (“shallow water”).
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SHALLOW at a glance
SHALLOW has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (S 1 + H 4 + A 1 + L 1 + L 1 + O 1 + W 4) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,627 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with shallow
All rhymesOne letter away
- SWALLOW13
- SHALLOT10
- SHALLOP12
- SHALLON10
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