Definition: a stretch of shallow water
Similar words: body of water, water
Definition: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
Usage: they invaded our territorial waters; they were sitting by the water's edge
Definition: become shallow
Usage: the lake shallowed over time
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Definition: make shallow
Usage: The silt shallowed the canal
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: shallow
Definition: lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
Usage: shallow water; a shallow dish; a shallow cut; a shallow closet; established a shallow beachhead; hit the ball to shallow left field
Similar words: ankle-deep, knee-deep
Definition: coming only to the ankle or knee
Similar words: fordable
Definition: shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle
Usage: the stream was fordable
Similar words: neritic
Definition: relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast
Usage: neritic fauna
Similar words: shelfy, shelvy, shoaly, reefy
Definition: full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals
Usage: reefy shallows; shoaly waters
Synonyms: shallow
Definition: not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
Usage: shallow breathing; a night of shallow fretful sleep; in a shallow trance
Definition: (of sleep) easily disturbed
Usage: in a light doze; a light sleeper; a restless wakeful night
Synonyms: shallow
Definition: lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
Usage: shallow people; his arguments seemed shallow and tedious
Similar words: superficial
Definition: concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually
Usage: superficial similarities; a superficial mind; his thinking was superficial and fuzzy; superficial knowledge; the superficial report didn't give the true picture; only superficial differences