Shallowing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Shallowing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of shallow.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of shallow.
More Meanings
- The act of becoming shallower.
Example Sentences
The main 200-feet basin is about 8 miles long; it includes three areas of over 300 feet, which, however, are only separated by very slight shallowings.
And this shallowing, reinforced by the creation of mid-ocean ridges as the supercontinents split up, forced the world’s oceans to overflow, changing the outlines of the continents and all but sinking some of the European islands.
Word Forms
- shallowings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include skin-deep, superficial, wakeful, surface, ankle-deep, shelvy.
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