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shallow

/ˈʃæloʊ/ verb C2
  1. To make or become less deep.

He/she/it shallows · Past shallowed · Past participle shallowed · -ing form shallowing

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Verb forms

Base form
shallow
He/she/it
shallows
Past
shallowed
Past participle
shallowed
-ing form
shallowing

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Therefore Marilla conceived it to be her duty to drill Anne into a tranquil uniformity of disposition as impossible and alien to her as to a dancing sunbeam in one of the brook shallows.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 168 · C1
Today, I sat next to him and blew bubbles in the shallow water.
A Summer of Patience, p. 1 · B1

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