| shallow | 1. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf. "A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel." (Bacon) "Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand." (Dryden) 2. <zoology> The rudd. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| shallow breathing | A type of breathing with abnormally low tidal volume. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shallow-hearted | Incapable of deep feeling. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |