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I've been in the shallow end of a pool, just kind of walking around, but this was my first time really swimming - and I was horrified! I actually lost it whenever I saw the edge of the pool. But I took baby steps and rewarded myself every step of the way.
Monique Coleman

Meaning of "shallow" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHALLOW

Related to Old English sceald shallow.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SHALLOW

shallow  [ˈʃæləʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHALLOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shallow is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shallow in English.

WHAT DOES SHALLOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shallow in the English dictionary

The first definition of shallow in the dictionary is having little depth. Other definition of shallow is lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial. Shallow is also a shallow place in a body of water; shoal.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHALLOW

PRESENT

Present
I shallow
you shallow
he/she/it shallows
we shallow
you shallow
they shallow
Present continuous
I am shallowing
you are shallowing
he/she/it is shallowing
we are shallowing
you are shallowing
they are shallowing
Present perfect
I have shallowed
you have shallowed
he/she/it has shallowed
we have shallowed
you have shallowed
they have shallowed
Present perfect continuous
I have been shallowing
you have been shallowing
he/she/it has been shallowing
we have been shallowing
you have been shallowing
they have been shallowing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I shallowed
you shallowed
he/she/it shallowed
we shallowed
you shallowed
they shallowed
Past continuous
I was shallowing
you were shallowing
he/she/it was shallowing
we were shallowing
you were shallowing
they were shallowing
Past perfect
I had shallowed
you had shallowed
he/she/it had shallowed
we had shallowed
you had shallowed
they had shallowed
Past perfect continuous
I had been shallowing
you had been shallowing
he/she/it had been shallowing
we had been shallowing
you had been shallowing
they had been shallowing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will shallow
you will shallow
he/she/it will shallow
we will shallow
you will shallow
they will shallow
Future continuous
I will be shallowing
you will be shallowing
he/she/it will be shallowing
we will be shallowing
you will be shallowing
they will be shallowing
Future perfect
I will have shallowed
you will have shallowed
he/she/it will have shallowed
we will have shallowed
you will have shallowed
they will have shallowed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been shallowing
you will have been shallowing
he/she/it will have been shallowing
we will have been shallowing
you will have been shallowing
they will have been shallowing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would shallow
you would shallow
he/she/it would shallow
we would shallow
you would shallow
they would shallow
Conditional continuous
I would be shallowing
you would be shallowing
he/she/it would be shallowing
we would be shallowing
you would be shallowing
they would be shallowing
Conditional perfect
I would have shallow
you would have shallow
he/she/it would have shallow
we would have shallow
you would have shallow
they would have shallow
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been shallowing
you would have been shallowing
he/she/it would have been shallowing
we would have been shallowing
you would have been shallowing
they would have been shallowing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you shallow
we let´s shallow
you shallow
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to shallow
Past participle
shallowed
Present Participle
shallowing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHALLOW


aloe
ˈæləʊ
callow
ˈkæləʊ
calo
ˈkæləʊ
dishallow
dɪsˈhæləʊ
fallow
ˈfæləʊ
gallow
ˈɡæləʊ
hallow
ˈhæləʊ
mallow
ˈmæləʊ
marshmallow
ˌmɑːʃˈmæləʊ
rogallo
rəˈɡæləʊ
sallow
ˈsæləʊ
tallow
ˈtæləʊ
tapalo
ˈtæpæləʊ
unhallow
ʌnˈhæləʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHALLOW

shale gas
shale oil
shalelike
shaley
shall
shalli
shallon
shalloon
shallop
shallot
shallow-minded
shallowly
shallowness
shallows
shalm
shalom
shalom aleichem
shalot
shalt
shalwar

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHALLOW

allow
ballow
barn swallow
chimney swallow
cliff swallow
common swallow
disallow
enwallow
fellow
Indian mallow
Japan tallow
marsh mallow
musk mallow
reswallow
rose mallow
sea swallow
swallow
tree mallow
vegetable tallow
wallow
woodswallow

Synonyms and antonyms of shallow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SHALLOW»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shallow» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of shallow

Translation of «shallow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHALLOW

Find out the translation of shallow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shallow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shallow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

浅的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poco profundo
570 millions of speakers

English

shallow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उथले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضَحْل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мелкий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

raso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অগভীর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

peu profond
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cetek
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

seicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

浅い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

얕은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cethek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆழமற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उथळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sığ
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

superficiale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

płytki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мілкий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

puțin adânc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρηχός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vlak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grund
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grunn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shallow

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHALLOW»

The term «shallow» is very widely used and occupies the 13.029 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHALLOW» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shallow

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10 QUOTES WITH «SHALLOW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shallow.
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Hank Azaria
Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much.
2
Seth Berkley
You'd see little shallow graves, lined up, one after the other - babies. That's what happens when measles goes through a nutritionally deficient community. It's a horrible disease, and it spreads incredibly efficiently.
3
Robert Bork
It is a ship with a great deal of sail but a very shallow keel.
4
Kate Braverman
There's a bizarre prejudice that exists in the New York publishing establishment that any work outside the tri-state area is being done by trained chimpanzees, that geography screens out sensibility. There's an idea that all Los Angeles writing is about the movie industry, that it's vulgar, shallow and banal.
5
Rita Mae Brown
All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion.
6
Brooke Burns
I've been a swimmer and a diver for quite a while. It was something that I think I got too comfortable with, and I dove into my black-bottomed pool and hit the slope from the shallow end to the deep end. And I had a chin to chest paralyzing break.
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Neil Cavuto
It's a good thing Winston Churchill was around before the shallow age of television. He might never have become one of the greatest leaders of all time.
8
Francis Chan
Our culture is all about shallow relationships. But that doesn't mean we should stop looking each other in the eye and having deep conversations.
9
Steven Cojocaru
I am going to get political on you. Because I am the most shallow person in the world, my mission is to see men's formal wear change a little bit. It is too rigid! Everybody looks like a penguin!
10
Monique Coleman
I've been in the shallow end of a pool, just kind of walking around, but this was my first time really swimming - and I was horrified! I actually lost it whenever I saw the edge of the pool. But I took baby steps and rewarded myself every step of the way.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHALLOW»

Discover the use of shallow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shallow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ecology of Shallow Lakes
Using a combination of empirical studies, experimental work and mathematical formulations, Scheffer presents a theoretical framework for understanding the dynamics of shallow lake communities.
Marten Scheffer, 2004
2
Waves, Tides, and Shallow-water Processes
This is a vital book for all oceanography undergraduate students worldwide. Easy to use question and answer format Full colour illustrations throughout 35-40% revised and extended from 1st edition
John Wright, Angela Colling, Dave Park, 1999
3
Fundamentals of Shallow Water Acoustics
Written by experts with extensive at-sea experience, this interdisciplinary book summarizes recent experimental, theoretical, and computational results in shallow water acoustics, with an emphasis on providing physical insight into the ...
‎2012
4
Shallow Foundations: Bearing Capacity and Settlement
This book provides an entire chapter on the subject, including discussions of the materials used: galvanized steel strips, geotextile, and geogrid.
Braja M. Das, 1999
5
Shallow Water Hydrodynamics: Mathematical Theory and ...
This book is constructed so that it may serve as a handbook for practicians.
W.Y. Tan, 1992
6
Shallow Water Dictionary
This small book is an intriguing and valuable addition to our knowledge of a changing landscape.
John Stilgoe, 2003
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The Shallow Graves of Rwanda
The genocide in Rwanda is revisited by the U.N. official who served that country during the worst of the ethnic violence in 1993-94.
Shaharyan M. Khan, 2000
8
Numerical Methods for Shallow-Water Flow
The first part of the book summarizes the basic physics of shallow-water flow needed to use numerical methods under various conditions.
C.B. Vreugdenhil, 1994
9
Exploration geophysics of the shallow subsurface
This book focuses on the methods and techniques of shallow subsurface geophysical exploration.
Henry Robert Burger, Douglas C. Burger, 1992
10
Shallow: Voices of a Small Man (reborn)
He believes that it was primarily because of them, he should publish his books Missing Ties and Shallow, Voices of a small man (reborn).
Dexter McMillan, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHALLOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shallow is used in the context of the following news items.
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Woman collapses in shallow water, dies at Keystone State Park
A Hempfield woman collapsed in shallow water at Keystone State Park and later died, according to the Westmoreland County coroner's office. Megan Michelle ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
2
Oil Drillers Retreat From Shallow U.S. Gulf in Turn to Shale
Shallow-water drilling has largely targeted gas in recent decades because most of the crude in fields close to shore had already been discovered and harvested. «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
3
Pemex Finds Large Oil Fields in Shallow Waters of Gulf of Mexico
MEXICO CITY—Mexico's national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos has discovered significant oil fields in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico and expects ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
4
Man Discovered in Shallow Yuba County Grave; Wife Arrested
... according to the Yuba County Sheriff's Department. Deputies responded to the area and located the body in a shallow grave Friday. Tattoos on the body led ... «FOX40, May 15»
5
US swimming pools ban long breath-holding after deaths
This summer, nearly four years after those deaths in a Staten Island pool raised alarms about a little known hazard called shallow-water blackout or hypoxic ... «Reuters, May 15»
6
Exxon, Chevron Clear to Bid on Mexican Shallow-Water Blocks
Mexico approved 19 companies and seven groups to bid on 14 shallow-water exploration blocks as the country prepares to allow private producers to drill in its ... «Bloomberg, May 15»
7
Man Charged With Murdering Woman, Burying Her in Shallow Grave
Jeffrey Bowen, 30, is accused of killing 39-year-old Kelly Hepft and then burying her body. Woman's Body Found in Shallow Grave. On March 24 at 11:36 a.m., ... «NBC 10 Philadelphia, Apr 15»
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Meghan Daum Talks 'Selfish, Shallow And Self-Absorbed' And …
If the title of Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids sounds confrontational, that's likely not an accident. If you grit ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
9
Police: Woman found in shallow Philly grave was stabbed
PHILADELPHIA —Authorities say a woman found buried in a shallow grave behind an apartment building in northeast Philadelphia had been stabbed to death. «WGAL Lancaster, Mar 15»
10
Canoe club rescues dolphins after they become stuck in shallow
"Both dolphins were healthy but a bit tired after several days of being in the lake, which had become too shallow for them to navigate back to deeper water," said ... «The Independent, Mar 15»

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