broad vs shallow

broad

noun
  • A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk. 

  • A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656. 

  • A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. 

  • A kind of floodlight. 

adj
  • General rather than specific. 

  • Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. 

  • Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. 

  • Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained. 

  • Unsubtle; obvious. 

  • Plain; evident. 

  • Free; unrestrained; unconfined. 

  • Strongly regional. 

  • Wide in extent or scope. 

  • Velarized, i.e. not palatalized. 

shallow

noun
  • A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water. 

  • A costermonger's barrow. 

  • A fish, the rudd. 

verb
  • To make or become less deep. 

adj
  • Not steep; close to horizontal. 

  • Not far forward, close to the net. 

  • Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide. 

  • Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing. 

  • Concerned mainly with superficial matters. 

  • Extending not far downward. 

  • Lacking interest or substance. 

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