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the puddle that thinks it's an ocean and dies proud in sunlight.
means the quality of having little depth — whether literally, as in water, or figuratively, as in a person's thoughts, feelings, or concerns.
from From "shallow," a word of murky beginnings — likely from Old English "sceald," meaning shallow or scarce of water, and possibly a cousin of "shoal," that treacherous bank where boats run aground. The "-ness" is the trusty Old English suffix that turns any adjective into a state of being, so "shallowness" is simply the condition of being shallow — the noun form arriving in English well after the adjective had long described the water that wouldn't drown you.
- survival edge
- Shallow reefs grow fastest, soaking up the most sunlight
- deadly trick
- Most drownings happen in calm, shallow water
- word root
- From Old English for hollow, low, near-empty
- design wisdom
- Shallow learning curves make products people actually keep using
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