Shallow

Definition of Shallow

Shal´low

a.	1.	Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
	2.	Not deep in tone. The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring. - Bacon.
	3.	Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning. The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king. - Bacon. Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. - Milton.
n.	1.	A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf. A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. - Bacon. Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand. - Dryden.
	2.	(Zool.) The rudd.
v. t.	1.	To make shallow.
v. i.	1.	To become shallow, as water.

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