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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
shallow
/ˈʃaləʊ/
adjective1 of 3
not deep; a small distance between the lowest and highest point
- “The curriculum of this school is wide and shallow.”Tatoeba
- “This part of the lake is very shallow.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
noun2 of 3
A fish, the rudd.
verb3 of 3
To make or become less deep.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)