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▪ I. shallowing, vbl. n.|ˈʃæləʊɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of shallow v.; a making or becoming shallow.
1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. xxxii. 392 Within 50 Paces of the Bank are sixteen Fathoms Water, which sudden Shallowings make it the more dangerous. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. (1858) 555 note, The increasing roll of the sea showed the gradual shallowing of the water. 1891Stalker Preacher & Models i. 27 Such a shallowing of the general mind as will render it [etc.].
▪ II. shallowing, ppl. a.|ˈʃæləʊɪŋ|
[f. shallow v. + -ing2.]
That shallows; that becomes shallow.
1858C. Rossetti Poet. Wks. (1904) 205/2 They..count the creep Of time, and sound the shallowing deep, Till we in port shall also sleep. 1886Froude Oceana 323 We were running quietly through smooth and shallowing water. |