shallow
/ʃæloʊ/
verbnounadjective
7 letters2 syllables13 points in Scrabble®14 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS6
VERB
1
Become shallow.
“the lake shallowed over time”
2
NOUNMake shallow.
“The silt shallowed the canal”
1
ADJECTIVEA stretch of shallow water.
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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