shallow
To make or become less deepTo make or become less deep.
» This pond is shallow.
Цей ставок мілкий.
Цей ставок неглибокий.
Meaning
1 sensesTo make or become less deep.
become shallow
Examples
139 sentencesThis pond is shallow.
Цей ставок мілкий. — deniko
This lake is shallow.
Це озеро мілке. — deniko
ruЭто озеро мелкое. — Selena777
Tom is shallow.
Том поверхневий. — deniko
ruТом поверхностный. — lovermann
deTom ist oberflächlich. — Felixjp
He leaped over the shallow ditch.
ruОн перепрыгнул через неглубокую канаву. — Selena777
deEr sprang über den flachen Graben. — xtofu80
Tom is very shallow, isn't he?
deTom ist sehr oberflächlich, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth
Origin
From Middle English schalowe (“not deep, shallow”); apparently related to Middle English sFrom 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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Forms
shallows, shallowing, shallowed, shallowedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle