shallow
part of speech
adjective (shallow, shallower, shallowest); noun (the shallows)
meaning for a pupil
1) Shallow means not deep: there is only a short distance from the top to the bottom. tree →
2) A shallow person or idea does not think about serious things or care much. tree →
3) Shallow breathing is quick and light. tree →
4) The shallows are the shallow parts of a sea or river. tree →
sense in the lessons
In water safety, children paddle in the shallow end of the pool; never dive into shallow water (you can hit your head on the bottom), and water can be deeper than it looks. In science, a shallow container of water evaporates faster. In stories, a «shallow» character cares only about looks. Phrases: «the shallow end», «shallow water», «the shallows».
examples
- Stay in the shallow end of the pool. tree →
- Never dive into shallow water. tree →
- The stream is shallow enough to walk across. tree →
- Put the water in a shallow dish. tree →
- Little fish swim in the shallows. tree →
- His breathing was quick and shallow. tree →
- The river can be deeper than it looks. tree →
- A shallow bowl holds less soup. tree →
- He found one half-buried in the shallow water. tree →
note
Opposite: deep. Comparison: shallower, shallowest. Water that looks shallow can hide holes and strong currents — a common trap. Do not confuse «shallow» with «swallow».
In the corpora
- A shallow dish of water in hot weather helps birds, bees and hedgehogs; a stone in it lets insects climb out.
- You should go into unknown water feet first, because it may be shallow or hide rocks.
- Waves can knock you over even in shallow water, so you never turn your back on the sea for long.
- Diving into shallow water can cause serious head and neck injuries.
- Hedgehogs get ill from milk; a shallow dish of water or meaty cat food is safe for them.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «shallow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.