shallower russian

• измельча́ть

  to grind, to mill, to pound, to crush

  to shred, to chop up finely, to reduce to fragments

  to become smaller, to grow smaller

  to become shallow, to grow shallower

  to degenerate, to lose significance, to become petty

• мельча́ть

  to become smaller, to grow smaller, to shrink

  to become shallower, to get shallow

  to become petty, to degenerate, to lose significance

• мельча́ющий

  becoming smaller, getting finer, dwindling

  getting shallower, growing shallow

Examples

• Моё знако́мство с ми́ром бы́ло бы менее глубо́ким, не уме́й я обща́ться на мно́гих языка́х.

  My experience of the world would be much shallower without the ability to communicate in lots of languages.

• Река сильно обмелела за последнее лето.

  The river became much shallower over the past summer.

• Из-за бездождья река сильно обмелела летом.

  Because of the lack of rain, the river became much shallower in summer.

• Река с каждым годом мельчает от засухи.

  The river gets shallower every year because of the drought.

• Озеро мельчает и превращается в болото.

  The lake is getting shallower and turning into a swamp.

• Озеро постепенно мелеет из-за засухи.

  The lake is gradually becoming shallower because of the drought.

• Обмелевшая река летом стала совсем мелкой.

  The river, which had become shallower, became extremely shallow in summer.

• Река, мельчающая с каждым годом, теряла глубину.

  The river, becoming shallower with each passing year, was losing its depth.

• Река, мельчавшая год от года, наконец совсем обмелела.

  The river, becoming shallower year by year, finally dried up almost completely.

• Мельчащий у берега водоем зарос камышом.

  The pond, becoming shallower near the shore, became overgrown with reeds.

• Река, мелеющая каждый год, пугает рыбаков.

  The river, which gets shallower every year, frightens the fishermen.

• Река, замывающая старое русло, стала мельче.

  The river, washing away its old riverbed, became shallower.

• Русло реки, замываемое песком, стало мельче.

  The riverbed, being silted up with sand, became shallower.