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Synonyms for shallows


Grammar : Noun
Spell : shal-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃæl oʊ

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Définition of shallows

Origin :
  • c.1400, schalowe "not deep," probably from or related to Old English sceald (see shoal (n.)). Of breathing, attested from 1875; of thought or feeling, "superficial," first recorded 1580s. The noun, usually shallows, is first recorded 1570s, from the adjective.
  • As in lagoon : noun shallow body of water
  • As in shelf : noun jutting, flat area or piece
  • As in shoal : noun sandbar
Example sentences :
  • Andrew paused in the shallows to allow Sally one swallow; then he went on.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The waves are whirling their boat past the rocks into the shallows.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • California had taken my place in the shallows, his fish hard held.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • They call it glasing, and find it amongst the shallows and upon the very shore.
  • Extract from : « Tacitus on Germany » by Tacitus
  • I fled from the Shallows where we worked together, partly in order that she might not know that.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • This is the explanation of the shallows which are found in that part of the Atlantic ocean.'
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • From within sounded a threshing noise, as of a whale caught in shallows.
  • Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper
  • So fast was the otter that the momentum carried her well into the shallows.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees
  • Midsummer came, and the shallows were almost choked with weeds.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees
  • We passed out of the river; we flew in clear channels amongst the shallows.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
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