[shal.low] adj [ME schalowe; prob. akin to OE sceald shallow--more at skeleton] (14c) 1: having little depth "~ water"
2: having little extension inward or backward "office buildings have taken the form of ~ slabs --Lewis Mumford" 3 a: penetrating only the easily or quickly perceived "~ generalizations" b: lacking in depth of knowledge, thought, or feeling "a ~ demagogue"
4: displacing comparatively little air: weak "~ breathing" syn see superficial -- shal.low.ly adv -- shal.low.ness n
[2]shallow vt (1510): to make shallow ~ vi: to become shallow [3]shallow n (1571): a shallow place or area in a body of water--usu. used in pl. but sing. or pl. in constr.