Definition of shallow

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Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.

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Half-read :: Half-read (a.) Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.
Superficiary :: Superficialize (v. t.) To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way..
Shelfy :: Shelfy (a.) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
Eelgrass :: Eelgrass (n.) A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast..
Rudd :: Rudd (n.) A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach..
Shallowly :: Shallowly (adv.) In a shallow manner.
Capsule :: Capsule (n.) a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain..
Tray :: Tray (n.) A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles..
Pated :: Pated (a.) Having a pate; -- used only in composition; as, long-pated; shallow-pated..
Sieve :: Sieve (n.) A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes..
Keeler :: Keeler (n.) A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc..
Punt :: Punt (n.) A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.
Shoal :: Shoal (a.) Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water..
Emarginated :: Emarginated (a.) Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.
Skeel :: Skeel (n.) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
Shallow-bodied :: Shallow-bodied (a.) Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel.
Cupel :: Cupel (n.) A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime)..
Oyster :: Oyster (n.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species..
Stanch :: Stanch (n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release..
Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A broad, shallow basket..
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