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# shallow

«shallow» in Mova's school dictionary: **only a short distance from the top to the bottom** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (shallow, shallower, shallowest); noun (the shallows)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Shallow means not deep: there is only a short distance from the top to the bottom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/#m1)

2) A shallow person or idea does not think about serious things or care much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/#m2)

3) Shallow breathing is quick and light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/#m3)

4) The shallows are the shallow parts of a sea or river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In water safety, children paddle in the shallow end of the pool; never dive into shallow water (you can hit your head on the bottom), and water can be deeper than it looks. In science, a shallow container of water evaporates faster. In stories, a «shallow» character cares only about looks. Phrases: «the shallow end», «shallow water», «the shallows».

### examples

- Stay in the shallow end of the pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/#x1)
- Never dive into shallow water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/#x2)
- The stream is shallow enough to walk across. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/#x3)
- Put the water in a shallow dish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/#x4)
- Little fish swim in the shallows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/#x5)
- His breathing was quick and shallow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/#x6)
- The river can be deeper than it looks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/#x7)
- A shallow bowl holds less soup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/#x8)
- He found one half-buried in the shallow water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/#x9)

### note

Opposite: deep. Comparison: shallower, shallowest. Water that looks shallow can hide holes and strong currents — a common trap. Do not confuse «shallow» with «swallow».

### In the corpora

- [A shallow dish of water in hot weather helps birds, bees and hedgehogs; a stone in it lets insects climb out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/226-kindness-to-wild-animals/10/)
- [You should go into unknown water feet first, because it may be shallow or hide rocks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/14/)
- [Waves can knock you over even in shallow water, so you never turn your back on the sea for long.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/44-the-beach-and-the-sea/18/)
- [Diving into shallow water can cause serious head and neck injuries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/45-pools-lakes-and-ice/10/)
- [Hedgehogs get ill from milk; a shallow dish of water or meaty cat food is safe for them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shallow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.