shallows

shal·low  (shl)

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.

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[Middle English schalowe.]

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shallow·ly adv.

shallow·ness n.

Thesaurus

shallows

plural noun bank, flat, shelf, shoal, sandbank, sand bar At dusk more fish come into the shallows.