{s} having little depth, not deep; superficial, not concerned with serious intellectual matters; weak, breathing in very little air
become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" 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" not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance" lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious
A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf
A weak-minded country justice, intended as a caricature of Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote He is described as one who had been a madcap in his youth, and still dotes on his wild tricks; he is withal a liar, a blockhead, and a rogue (Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor, and 2 Henry IV )
A shallow container, hole, or area of water measures only a short distance from the top to the bottom. Put the milk in a shallow dish The water is quite shallow for some distance. deep