shallowing

SaySHAL-oh-ingUS/ˈʃæl.oʊ.ɪŋ/UK/ˈʃaləʊɪŋ/

Pluralshallowings

2 meanings of shallowing

1
nouncountable or uncountable
The act of getting less deep, like a river or pond over time.
Like a bathtub slowly filling with sand until the water barely covers your feet.
The shallowing of the river made it easy to wade across.
Years of mud building up caused a slow shallowing of the pond.
Oppositedeepening
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2
verb
Present participle of shallow. Use this -ing form when the action is happening now.
The river was shallowing as it neared the delta.
The water kept shallowing until the boat scraped the bottom.
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shallowing is a form of shallow

shallow, verb: To become less deep, or to make something less deep. Full entry

Forms: shallowshallows he/she/itshallowing -ing formshallowed past tense, past participle
Spelling: shallow → shallowing: add -ing

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