shal·low (sh l  )adj. shal·low·er, shal·low·est 1. Measuring little from bottom to top or surface; lacking physical depth. 2. Lacking depth of intellect, emotion, or knowledge: "This is a shallow parody of America" (Lloyd Rose). 3. Marked by insufficient inhalation of air; weak: shallow respirations. 4. In the part of a playing area that is closer to home plate: shallow left field. n. A part of a body of water of little depth; a shoal. Often used in the plural: abandoned the boat in the shallows. tr. & intr.v. shal·lowed, shal·low·ing, shal·lows To make or become shallow. [Middle English schalowe.] shal low·ly adv.shal low·ness n. |
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