shallow#1 (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def lacking physical depth
def having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
examples shallow water
a shallow dish
a shallow cut
a shallow closet
established a shallow beachhead
hit the ball to shallow left field
Outgoing links
Attribute depth, deepness
Derivationally related form shallow → shallow
Derivationally related form shallow → shallowness
Antonym shallow → deep
Similar to ankle-deep, knee-deep; fordable; neritic; reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly
Incoming links
Antonym deep → shallow
Similar to ankle-deep, knee-deep; fordable; neritic; reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly
Derived from adjective shallowly → shallow
Attribute depth, deepness
Derivationally related form shallowness → shallow
Derivationally related form shallow → shallow

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