Word for the day: shallow

shallow |ˈʃal.əʊ|                                                         *somero (en Español)

 
DEFINITION

adjective
1 of little depth: serve the noodles in a shallow bowl | being fairly shallow, the water was warm.• situated at no great depth: the shallow bed of the North Sea.• varying only slightly from a specified or understood line or direction, especially the horizontal: a shallow roof.• (of breathing) taking in little air.2 not exhibiting, requiring, or capable of serious thought: a shallow analysis of contemporary society.

noun (shallows)an area of the sea, a lake, or a river where the water is not very deep.
verb [ no obj. ](of the sea, a lake, or a river) become less deep over time or in a particular place: the boat ground to a halt where the water shallowed.
DERIVATIVES
shallowly adverb,shallowness noun
ORIGIN late Middle English: obscurely related to shoal.

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