ˈʃaləʊ ˈʃæl.oʊ ˈʃaləʊ ˈʃæl.oʊ ˈʃaləʊ ˈʃæl.oʊ become shallow the lake shallowed over time make shallow The silt shallowed the canal lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center shallow water a shallow dish a shallow cut a shallow closet established a shallow beachhead hit the ball to shallow left field not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply shallow breathing a night of shallow fretful sleep in a shallow trance lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious shallow people his arguments seemed shallow and tedious a stretch of shallow water