shallow
adj 1: lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension;
downward ("shallow water"; "a shallow dish"); or
inward from an outer surface ("a shallow cut"); or
backward ("a shallow closet"; "established a shallow
beachhead"); or outward from a center ((sports) "hit
the ball to shallow left field") [ant: {deep}]
2: not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow
breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a
shallow trance" [ant: {deep}]
3: lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with
what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed
shallow and tedious"
n : a stretch of shallow water [syn: {shoal}]
v 1: make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" [syn: {shoal}]
2: become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" [syn: {shoal}]