Associations to the word «Shallowing»

Wiktionary

SHALLOW, adjective. Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
SHALLOW, adjective. Extending not far downward.
SHALLOW, adjective. Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
SHALLOW, adjective. Lacking interest or substance.
SHALLOW, adjective. Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
SHALLOW, adjective. (obsolete) Not deep in tone.
SHALLOW, adjective. (tennis) Not far forward, close to the net
SHALLOW, noun. A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
SHALLOW, noun. A fish, the rudd.
SHALLOW, verb. To make or become less deep
SHALLOW COPY, noun. (computing) A copy of a data structure which shares any linked structures with the original
SHALLOW EMBEDDING, noun. (logic) (uncountable) The act of representing one logic or language with another by providing a syntactic translation.
SHALLOW EMBEDDING, noun. (logic) (countable) A specific mechanism for such a syntactic translation.

Dictionary definition

SHALLOW, noun. A stretch of shallow water.
SHALLOW, verb. Make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal".
SHALLOW, verb. Become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time".
SHALLOW, adjective. 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".
SHALLOW, adjective. Not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance".
SHALLOW, adjective. Lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King