shallow

== English == === 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”). See also shoal. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃæləʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃæloʊ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈʃalo/ (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA(key): /ˈʃalou/ Rhymes: -æləʊ Hyphenation: shal‧low === Adjective === shallow (comparative shallower or more shallow, superlative shallowest or most shallow) Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide. Extending not far downward. Concerned mainly with superficial matters. Lacking interest or substance; flat; one-dimensional. Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing. Synonym: skin-deep (obsolete) Not deep in tone. (tennis) Not far forward, close to the net. (of an angle) Not steep; close to horizontal. a shallow climb a shallow descent a shallow bank angle ==== Antonyms ==== deep ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === shallow (plural shallows) A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water. A fish, the rudd. (historical) A costermonger's barrow. ==== Usage notes ==== Usually used in the plural form. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === shallow (third-person singular simple present shallows, present participle shallowing, simple past and past participle shallowed) (ambitransitive) To make or become less deep. === References === === Anagrams === hallows