shallowingn.
/ˈʃaləʊɪŋ/ The action of shallow v.; a making or becoming shallow.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > shallowness > [noun] > becoming or making shallow
shallowing1727
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxxii. 392 Within 50 Paces of the Bank are sixteen Fathoms Water, which sudden Shallowings make it the more dangerous.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 555 (note) The increasing roll of the sea showed the gradual shallowing of the water.
1891 J. Stalker Preacher & Models i. 27 Such a shallowing of the general mind as will render it [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
shallowingadj.
/ˈʃaləʊɪŋ/ That shallows; that becomes shallow.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > shallowness > [adjective] > becoming shallow
shallowing1858
1858 C. Rossetti Poet. Wks. (1904) 205/2 They..count the creep Of time, and sound the shallowing deep, Till we in port shall also sleep.
1886 J. A. Froude Oceana 323 We were running quietly through smooth and shallowing water.
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