shallow

a. [ Compar. Shallower superl. Shallowest. ] [ OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skjālgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. Shelve to slope, Shoal shallow. ] 1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. “Shallow brooks, and rivers wide.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not deep in tone. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf. [ 1913 Webster ]

A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The rudd. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make shallow. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become shallow, as water. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of deep feeling. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a shallow manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being shallow. [ 1913 Webster ]