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Webster 1913 Edition
Shallow
Shal′low
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Shallower
; sup
erl.
Shallowest
.] 1.
Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
“Shallow brooks, and rivers wide.” Milton.
2.
Not deep in tone.
[R.]
The sound perfecter and not so
shallow
and jarring. Bacon.
3.
Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial;
as, a
. shallow
mind; shallow
learningThe king was neither so
shallow
, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king. Bacon.
Deep versed in books, and
shallow
in himself. Milton.
Shal′low
,Noun.
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.
(Zool.)
The rudd.
[Prov. Eng.]
Shal′low
,Verb.
T.
To make shallow.
Sir T. Browne.
Shal′low
,Verb.
I.
To become shallow, as water.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shallow
SHAL'LOW
,Adj.
1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal; as shallow water; a shallow stream; a shallow brook.
2. Not deep; not entering far into the earth; as a shallow furrow; a shallow trench.
3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply into abstruse subjects; superficial; as a shallow mind or understanding; shallow skill.
Deep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself. Milton.
SHAL'LOW
,Noun.
A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel.