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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