shallow

/ʃæloʊ/ verbnounadjective
7 letters2 syllables13 points in Scrabble®14 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS6
VERB
1

Become shallow.

“the lake shallowed over time”

2

Make shallow.

“The silt shallowed the canal”

NOUN
1

A stretch of shallow water.

ADJECTIVE
1

Lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious.

“shallow people”

“his arguments seemed shallow and tedious”

2

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”

3

Not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply.

“shallow breathing”

“a night of shallow fretful sleep”

WORD FORMS
Related formshallowness
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®13 points
Words With Friends®14 points
Double word26 points
Triple word39 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinallowshay
Starts & ends withS … W
Syllablesshal · low
SYNONYMS & RELATED14
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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