shallow

Adjective
  1. Lacking physical depth;
    Having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center (synset 300694973)
    "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field"
    tells us about: deepness, depth - the extent downward or backward or inward
    similar to:
    • ankle-deep, knee-deep - coming only to the ankle or knee
    • fordable - shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle
    • neritic - relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast
    • superficial - occurring on or near the surface of the skin
    • reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly - full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals
  2. Not deep or strong;
    Not affecting one deeply (synset 300696805)
    "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance"
    tells us about: deepness, depth - the extent downward or backward or inward
    similar to: light, wakeful - (of sleep) easily disturbed
  3. Lacking depth of intellect or knowledge;
    Concerned only with what is obvious (synset 301881326)
    "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
    similar to: superficial - concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually
Noun
  1. A stretch of shallow water (synset 109456038)
    is a type of: body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
    same as: shoal
Verb
  1. Make shallow (synset 200537223)
    "The silt shallowed the canal"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: shoal
  2. Become shallow (synset 200537068)
    "the lake shallowed over time"
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    same as: shoal

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