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Shal"low (?), a. [Compar. Shallower (?); superl. Shallowest.] [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skj&ā;lgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. Shelve to slope, Shoal shallow.] 1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. “Shallow brooks, and rivers wide.” Milton.
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2. Not deep in tone. [R.]
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The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring. Bacon.
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3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.
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The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king. Bacon.
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Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. Milton.
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Shal"low, n. 1. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
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A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. Bacon.
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Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand. Dryden.
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2. (Zo&ö;l.) The rudd. [Prov. Eng.]
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Shal"low, v. t. To make shallow. Sir T. Browne.
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Shal"low, v. i. To become shallow, as water.
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