adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a shallow breath (= in which you breathe a small amount of air in )
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Shallow breaths are often a sign of nervousness.
a shallow container (= not deep )
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Fill a shallow container with soil.
a shallow dive (= going down slowly rather than suddenly )
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The bird captures its prey on the ground after a long, shallow dive.
a shallow grave (= a hole that is not very deep in the ground )
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They found the woman’s remains in a shallow grave in the woods.
deep/shallow end (= used about the ends of a swimming pool where the water is deepest or least deep )
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The kids were splashing about in the shallow end.
deep/shallow
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The car had become stuck in a deep ditch.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
so
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It was fresh and fast running but so shallow that it just trickled over her fingers.
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The water is so shallow that their writhing humped backs break clear of the surface.
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Its tiny stage was so shallow that several dancers fell off in a test performance.
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I can not believe I was so shallow back then.
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But it was the remorse of youth - intense, yet so shallow its depth is plumbed at a glance.
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She had been so easily pleased then, so shallow , so intolerant.
too
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The Chattahoochee was too shallow to keep barges afloat in the navigable waterway south of Atlanta.
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The average depth now is 35 feet, which is too shallow to handle the largest container ships.
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I've also found the size pockets on the Colorados too shallow for safety.
very
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Unless the sea is very shallow the plants must float.
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Hug the left bank to the rack outfall then the right bank to second the outflow to avoid very shallow water.
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At the one end it is very shallow and at the other end it is deep.
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Heilen is very shallow and weedy.
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The lagoon's frozen - it's very shallow .
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These blinds are not suitable for very shallow windows as there would be insufficient depth of fabric to form into pleats.
■ NOUN
angle
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Within that band the kite will move from steep to shallow angles against the oncoming wind.
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The shallower angle meant that the aspect ratio of chord to span was higher.
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The aircraft would have crossed this jet stream at a shallow angle which would have resulted in considerably reduced ground speed.
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This maintains a shallow angle of subduction beneath the outer arc but steepens below the main volcanic arc to about 60°.
bowl
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Serve the noodles in a shallow bowl with a warmed slice of Roulé on each bowl of pasta.
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An easel deep enough to display a book may work for a shallow bowl or platter.
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Strain the fruit, reserving the juice then soak all the break in the fruit juice in a shallow bowl .
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Florist's foam will help to turn a shallow bowl into a lovely container.
breath
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This rapid shallow breath may occur in response to the adrenalin which causes the heart to speed up.
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We matched their shallow breaths and felt entirely home.
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She drew in a number of shallow breaths .
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As adults our abdomens get tightened up from stress, and we get used to taking very short, shallow breaths .
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She drew in a shallow breath , her small lips parting.
depression
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The largest object for miles, dominating the shallow depression which is the valley of the Ancre, is the Thiepval Memorial.
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Rusty sediments pond in shallow depressions between the weathered gray curves of basalt pillows.
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The female makes the final choice and lays her eggs in the shallow depression .
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And on the other side, to the north, there was that shallow depression , the empty lot.
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A single downpour can rapidly transform a lifeless, shallow depression in the desert into a pool throbbing with life.
depth
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In Britain, in particular, there can be few areas where water is not available at a shallow depth .
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Camera-shake and shallow depth of field can cause problems.
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Heating probably begins at quite shallow depths but because the downgoing plate is cold virtually all of this heat is initially absorbed.
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Nuclear waste is disposed of at much shallower depths .
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You must wait at that depth , within 0.5 metres, until a shallower depth or a new no-stop time is indicated.
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Programmable shallow depth alarm and adjustable keel depth.
dish
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Cream overflowed the edges of the shallow dish , another little twist of frightening confusion.
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Arrange meat in a shallow dish .
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Put these in a shallow dish and look for small animals on the stems and on the underside of leaves.
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Now, with no directing signals to orientate it, the shallow dish had automatically set itself in the neutral position.
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Place the chicken in a shallow dish , coat with the marinade and leave for at least 2 hours.
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Combine eggs, milk and salt in a shallow dish and beat well.
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Place in a shallow dish and squeeze over lemon juice, then drizzle over oil.
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At the same time as you fill the aquarium, put some tap-water into a clean shallow dish to stand overnight.
end
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Robert dived into the shallow end of the pool at Nettlebed and sustained a broken neck and back injuries.
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The sun beating down on them and the children splashing and laughing in the shallow end .
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She made the shallow end and stood up, plastering her hair back with her hands.
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At the shallow end , with their hair in caps, the girls from Typing did the jitterbug in twos.
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A woman stood at the shallow end , her hand under the chin of a small child, encouraging it along.
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The pool should be placed on a generous layer of sand and the shallow end supported on bricks.
grave
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At first they saw only the little hand - the fist, decomposed but stretching out of the shallow grave .
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Later, a badly decomposed body was found in a shallow grave five miles from the Lindbergh estate.
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He died in May and the Seales buried him in a shallow grave in a park.
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They looked like pets in a shallow grave .
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Meg's coffin was lowered into a shallow grave packed in the dry, hard ground.
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Her body was found buried in a shallow grave in a grove two days after she was last seen with Thompson.
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Perhaps in a shallow grave of leaves and twigs.
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Hours before the rebels arrived his body was hurriedly wrapped in a blanket and secreted in a shallow grave .
lake
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The calcium sulphate was probably concentrated by evaporation of shallow lakes , though wind-borne gypsum dust may have contributed in places.
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Ducks and geese are stripping the shoreline of vegetation, triggering erosion that muddies the shallow lake .
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Many years ago, one of the hunters had drowned in a shallow lake further out across the plateau.
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When the ice melted some shallow lakes remained where boulder clay blocked old river courses.
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Toxic algae has previously been confined to lowland shallow lakes surrounded either by an increasing population or intensively farmed land.
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Among the birds, flamingos have also evolved strainers inside their mouths and operate as filter-feeders in shallow lakes .
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Coastal plains often feature long, shallow lakes , separated and aligned by raised beaches and occupying up to 90% of the terrain.
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The tumbling waters fan out into a small and shallow lake of coated stagnant water.
pan
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Repeated insertion of a fork to its full length is all that is needed to break up shallow pans .
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Fill a shallow pan with about half an inch of water.
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Heat the oil in a wide shallow pan , put in the sliced onion, carrot, chopped celery and parsley stalks.
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Put the turkey in its wrappings in a shallow pan to catch any juices in the refrigerator.
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To prepare: Put the flour in a shallow pan and mix with salt, pepper and cayenne pepper to taste.
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Pour the milk in another shallow pan and have a third pan at hand to put the pieces on.
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A shallow pan maximizes a foods' exposure to the heating element, which promotes even browning.
pool
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Mating takes place at night in shallow pools in dunes and other sandy areas.
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Picture a shallow pool with a glassy surface, and in the pool picture minnows fluttering their tail fins but otherwise stationary.
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She picked up the stick and hurled it, skimming it low over the shallow pools left by the tide.
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The stomach is mostly empty-the whisky is lying in a shallow pool where it is now mixed with highly acidic gastric juices.
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It is also further evidence of the extraordinarily shallow pool from which the Great and Good are drawn.
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Shortly thereafter we enter a stretch of shallow pools and channels cut into the rock by a millennium of erosion.
sea
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Both groups seem to have flourished in exceptionally warm, shallow seas in the tropics of the Tethyan region.
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A shallow sea began to emerge.
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It is also well-suited for navigation in shallow seas .
valley
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But it was a cold, dank place beside a stream in a shallow valley .
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It lies in a shallow valley a couple of clicks north of Redondo.
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Fording the Kale Water, they turned up its far bank into the quickly narrow shallow valley .
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It ran straight up a wide shallow valley , with tilled fields on both sides, to a huddle of buildings.
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The shallow valley was creased by a small stream that reflected the sky's dimming light.
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Sharpe urged his horse down the rutted lane that dropped into a shallow valley before climbing between two unhedged pastures.
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Wycliffe set out along the road which was no more than a lane following the course of a shallow valley .
water
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Naked children splashed gleefully in the shallow water , trying to catch the occasional sand crab before it scuttled underground.
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We boil the nests, slowly in shallow water , and drink the extract.
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The shallow water was thick with paddling children.
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This basin, called the Chicxulub crater, formed on the continental shelf in shallow water .
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They were splashing through shallow water , between massive, brooding willow trunks.
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It grows in shallow water in pools and ponds, most frequently on substrates ranging from sand to fine silt.
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When I was ready, I started walking into the shallow water away from Blefuscu.
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Hug the left bank to the rack outfall then the right bank to second the outflow to avoid very shallow water .
waters
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Gordon finally roused himself and tried to steer the conversation toward shallower waters .
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A spill would be especially damaging since equipment normally used for containment could not operate in such shallow waters .
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The young are found in shallow waters around coral heads, but the adults move out into deeper water.
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Echoes of the signal alert them to possible prey, at ranges up to 80-90 metres in shallow waters .
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They are generally found on the banks of shallow waters .
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Anyone who has paddled in the shallow waters of the Arahura river will understand how such a concept arose.
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There was to be no paddling around in the shallow waters for this man, Ruth thought.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a shallow drawer
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Don't dive in. The water's too shallow here.
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The babies splashed around at the shallow end of the pool.
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The river is too shallow for our boat.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After recovering from an attack of shallow breathing he recovered and one nurse said he was smiling and cooing in his cot.
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As adults our abdomens get tightened up from stress, and we get used to taking very short, shallow breaths.
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Behind the carpet was a shallow recess in which the bedding was normally stored.
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His breathing would become rapid and shallow , his cheeks flushed.
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She told them then about the shallow hip sockets and the tightening tendons and the surgery.
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They are often oval, especially when they are floating on or near the water-surface, especially in shallow tanks.
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When I was ready, I started walking into the shallow water away from Blefuscu.
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You can practically see his heart beating through his shallow rib-cage.