B1noun · common

shallow

shal·low

shallow · shallows

мілина

мель, отмель

Untiefe

A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of waterA shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.

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UK/ˈʃæləʊ/US/ˈʃæloʊ/

» This pond is shallow.

Цей ставок мілкий.

Цей ставок неглибокий.

Meaning

4 senses

A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
The ship ran aground in an unexpected shallow.
Untiefe
мельmelʹ, о́тмельótmelʹ
мілина́milyná
a stretch of shallow water
A fish, the rudd.
(historical)A costermonger's barrow.
(slang)A shallow hotel pan.
Coordinate term: deep

Examples

139 sentences

This pond is shallow.
Цей ставок мілкий. — deniko
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This lake is shallow.
Це озеро мілке. — deniko
ruЭто озеро мелкое. — Selena777
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Tom is shallow.
Том поверхневий. — deniko
ruТом поверхностный. — lovermann
deTom ist oberflächlich. — Felixjp
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He leaped over the shallow ditch.
ruОн перепрыгнул через неглубокую канаву. — Selena777
deEr sprang über den flachen Graben. — xtofu80
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Tom is very shallow, isn't he?
deTom ist sehr oberflächlich, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water:

Русский

By meaning 1

shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water:

Origin

From Middle English schalowe (“not deep, shallow”); apparently related to Middle English s

From Middle English schalowe (“not deep, shallow”); apparently related to Middle English schalde, schold, scheld, schealde (“shallow”), from Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from Proto-Germanic *skal-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, dry out”). Related to Low German Scholl (“shallow water”). See also shoal.

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