Shallow

German Meaning

flach

seicht

oberflächlich

hohl

Untiefe

English Meaning

  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.
  5. A part of a body of water of little depth; a shoal. Often used in the plural: abandoned the boat in the shallows.
  6. To make or become shallow.