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shal·low

(shăl′ō)

adj.shal·low·er,shal·low·est

1. Measuring little from bottom to top or surface; lacking physical depth.

2. Lacking depth of intellect, emotion, or knowledge:"This is a shallow parody of America"(Lloyd Rose).

3. Marked by insufficient inhalation of air; weak:shallow respirations.

4. In the part of a playing area that is closer to home plate:shallow left field.

oftenshallows A part of a body of water of little depth; a shoal:abandoned the boat in the shallows.

tr. & intr.v.shal·lowed,shal·low·ing,shal·lows

To make or become shallow.

[Middle Englishschalowe.]

shal′low·ly adv.

shal′low·ness n.

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shallow

(ˈʃæləʊ)

adj

1.having little depth

2.lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial

(often plural) a shallow place in a body of water; shoal

to make or become shallow

[C15: related to Old Englishsceald shallow; see shoal¹]

ˈshallowlyadv

ˈshallownessn

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

shal•low

(ˈʃæl oʊ)

adj.-low•er, -low•est,adj.

1. of little depth: shallow water.

2. lacking depth; superficial: a shallow mind.

3. taking in a relatively small amount of air in each inhalation: shallow breathing.

4. Usu.,shallows. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a shallow part of a body of water; shoal.

v.t.,v.i.

5. to make or become shallow.

[1350–1400; Middle Englishschalowe (adj.); akin to Old Englishsceald shallow (seeshoal¹)]

shal′low•ly,adv.

shal′low•ness,n.

shallow

Past participle:shallowed
Gerund:shallowing

Imperative
shallow
shallow

Present
I shallow
you shallow
he/she/it shallows
we shallow
you shallow
they shallow

Preterite
I shallowed
you shallowed
he/she/it shallowed
we shallowed
you shallowed
they shallowed

Present Continuous
I am shallowing
you are shallowing
he/she/it is shallowing
we are shallowing
you are shallowing
they are shallowing

Present Perfect
I have shallowed
you have shallowed
he/she/it has shallowed
we have shallowed
you have shallowed
they have shallowed

Past Continuous
I was shallowing
you were shallowing
he/she/it was shallowing
we were shallowing
you were shallowing
they were shallowing

Past Perfect
I had shallowed
you had shallowed
he/she/it had shallowed
we had shallowed
you had shallowed
they had shallowed

Future
I will shallow
you will shallow
he/she/it will shallow
we will shallow
you will shallow
they will shallow

Future Perfect
I will have shallowed
you will have shallowed
he/she/it will have shallowed
we will have shallowed
you will have shallowed
they will have shallowed

Future Continuous
I will be shallowing
you will be shallowing
he/she/it will be shallowing
we will be shallowing
you will be shallowing
they will be shallowing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been shallowing
you have been shallowing
he/she/it has been shallowing
we have been shallowing
you have been shallowing
they have been shallowing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been shallowing
you will have been shallowing
he/she/it will have been shallowing
we will have been shallowing
you will have been shallowing
they will have been shallowing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been shallowing
you had been shallowing
he/she/it had been shallowing
we had been shallowing
you had been shallowing
they had been shallowing

Conditional
I would shallow
you would shallow
he/she/it would shallow
we would shallow
you would shallow
they would shallow

Past Conditional
I would have shallowed
you would have shallowed
he/she/it would have shallowed
we would have shallowed
you would have shallowed
they would have shallowed

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Noun	1.	shallow - a stretch of shallow water shoal body of water,water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
Verb	1.	shallow - make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" shoal alter,change,modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	2.	shallow - become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" shoal change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
Adj.	1.	shallow - 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" deep - having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep"
	2.	shallow - not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance" deep - relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep"
	3.	shallow - lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious" superficial - concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"

shallow

adjectivesuperficial,surface,empty,slight,foolish,idle,trivial,meaningless,flimsy,frivolous,skin-deepI think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy.
serious,deep,profound,meaningful,thoughtful,in-depth,analytical,weighty,perceptive

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

shallow

adjective

1.Measuring little from bottom to top or surface:

shoal.

2.Lacking in intellectual depth or thoroughness:

cursory,one-dimensional,sketchy,skin-deep,superficial,uncritical.

noun

A shallow part of a body of water.Often used in plural:

shoal.

Translations

ضَحْلسَطْحي، تافِه

mělkýpovrchní

lavoverfladisklavvandetåndsforladtflad

seicht hohl oberflächlich

ρηχός αβαθής

poco profundo superficial

matalapinnallinen

peu profond superficiel

plitak

felszínessekélysekélyesfelületeslapos

grunnhygginngrunnur

superficiale basso

浅い

얕은

paviršutiniškumasseklumasseklus

aprobežotsseklsvirspusējs

plytký

plitev

grund

ตื้น

sığ yüzeysel

nông

浅的浅薄的肤浅的

shallow

[ˈʃæləʊ]

A.ADJ (shallower (compar) (shallowest (superl)))

1. (gen) →poco profundo,playo (S. Cone); [dish etc] →llano
the shallowend (of swimming pool) →laparte pocoprofunda

2. [breathing] →superficial

3. [person, mind, character] →superficial; [argument, novel, film] →superficial,trivial

B.shallowsNPL →bajíomsing,bajosmpl

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shallow

[ˈʃæləʊ]

adj

[dish, water, grave] →peu profond(e)
the shallow end [swimming pool] →lepetit bain

(=superficial) [person, mind, writing, novel, film, conversation] →superficiel(le), quimanque deprofondeur

[breathing] →superficielle(le)

shallowsnpl →bas-fondm

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shallow

adj →flach;water also →seicht;soil →dünn; (Physiol)breathing →flach;(fig) →oberflächlich;talk, person, novel →seicht,oberflächlich;in theshallow end of the pool →amflachenorniedrigen Ende desBeckens;his body was buried in ashallow grave →seineLeiche wurde verscharrt

nshallows

pl →seichteorflache Stelle (im Wasser),Untiefef

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shallow

[ˈʃæləʊ]

1.adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (water) →basso/a, pocoprofondo/a; (dish) →piano/a; (breathing) →leggero/a (fig) (person) →superficiale, leggero/a; (conversation) →futile, frivolo/a

2.shallowsnpl →secchefpl

shallow

(ˈʃӕləu) adjective

1. not deep.shallow water;a shallow pit. vlakضَحْل плитък pouco fundo mělkýseicht lavρηχόςpoco profundo madal كم عمق matalapeu profondרדוד उथला जल plitak sekély dangkal grunnurbasso, 浅い 얕은 seklus sekls cetekondiepgrunnpłytki ورګ (چې ژورنه وي)، رغي، ګوګ، تش منځى: سطحې، بې مغزه، ګدو سرى pouco fundo puţin adâncмелкий plytký plitev plitak grund ตื้นsığ 淺的 мілкий; мілководний کم گہرا nông, cạn浅的

2. not able to think seriously or feel deeply.a rather shallow personality. vlak سَطْحي، تافِه повърхностен superficial povrchníoberflächlich overfladiskρηχός,επιπόλαιοςsuperficial pealiskaudne كوته انديش pinnallinensuperficielשטחי छिछला plitak, površan felszínes picik grunnhygginnsuperficiale 浅はかな 깊이가 없는 paviršutiniškas sekls; virspusējs; aprobežots berfikiran cetekoppervlakkigoverflatisk,lettvinnpłytki ورګsuperficial superficial поверхностный, ограниченный povrchný puhel plitak ytlig ไม่ลึกซึ้งyüzeysel 膚淺的 поверховий, пустий سطحی nông cạn , hời hợt 肤浅的，浅薄的

ˈshallowness noun

vlakheid ضَحالَه повърхностнес superficialidade mělkost die Seichtheit overfladiskhed ρηχότηταsuperficialidad madalus كم عمقي؛سطحي بودن pinnallisuusmanque de profondeur שִׁטחִיוּת उथलापन plitkost, površnost sekély(es)ség kedangkalan grynnsli; grunnhyggnisuperficialità 浅さ 얕음 seklumas, paviršutiniškumas seklums; aprobežotība kecetekanondiepte,oppervlakkigheidgrunnhet;overflatiskhet płytkość سطحې superficialidade superficialitate мелкость; ограниченность plytkosť plitvost plitkost grundhet, ytlighet ความตื้นsığlık 淺，膚淺 обмеженість (розуму) سطحیت sự nông cạn, sự hời hợt 浅，浅薄

ˈshallows noun plural

a place where the water is shallow.There are dangerous rocks and shallows near the island. vlakte أماكِن ضَحْلَه плитчина baixio mělčiny die Untiefe grundt vand τα ρηχάbajío madalik قسمتهاي كم عمق آب matalikkohaut-fond מָיִם רְדוּדִים छिछला plićina, plićak zátony dangkalan grynningarbassofondo 浅瀬 얕은 물 sekluma seklums; sēklis tempat yang cetekondieptegrunne płycizna تش منځى baixio bancuri мелководье plytčiny plitvina plićak grund, grunt ställe ที่ตื้นsığlık, sığ yer 淺灘，淺水處 мілке місце, мілина نشیبی مقام chỗ nông, chỗ cạn浅滩

shallow

→ضَحْل mělký hulseichtρηχόςpoco profundo matalapeu profond plitaksuperficiale 浅い 얕은oppervlakkiggrunnpłytkirasoмелкий grund ตื้นsığ nông浅的

Is there ashallow pool for the children? (US)
Is there a paddling pool for the children? (UK) →هَلْ يوجَدُ حَوْضُ سِبَاحَةٍ مُتَحَرِكٍ لِلأَطْفَالِ؟ → Je tu brouzdaliště pro děti? → Er der et soppebasin til børnene? →Haben Sie ein Plantschbecken für Kinder? →Υπάρχει πλαστική πισίνα για τα παιδιά; →¿Hay piscina para que chapoteen los niños pequeños? → Onko lapsille kahluuallasta? →Il y a une pataugeoire pour les enfants ? → Imate li plitki bazen za djecu? →C'è una piscina gonfiabile per bambini? → 子供用の浅いプールはありますか？ → 어린이를 위한 물놀이터가 있나요? →Is er een pierenbadje voor de kinderen? →Er det plaskebasseng for barna? →Czy jest tu brodzik dla dzieci? →Tem uma piscina regan para crianças? →У Вас есть бассейн-лягушатник для детей? → Finns det en plaskdamm för barnen? → มีสระว่ายน้ำตื้นๆ สำหรับเด็กไหม? →Çocuklar için yüzme havuzu var mı? → Có bể nông cho trẻ em lội không? →有儿童游玩的小游泳池吗？

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