shoal

[Shoal]

The noun shoal can be used to refer to a group of fish or an area of shallow water. So when you’re navigating a shoal in your row boat, you might look down and see a shoal of fish swimming out of the way.

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A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.

Noun
a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by"

Noun
a stretch of shallow water

Noun
a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

Verb
become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time"

Verb
make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal"

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n.
A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.

v. i.
To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.

a.
Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.

n.
A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.

n.
A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.

v. i.
To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.

v. t.
To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep.

Shoal

Shoal , n. [AS. scolu, sceolu, a company, multitude, crowd, akin to OS. skola; probably originally, a division, and akin to Icel. skilja to part, divide. See Skill, and cf. School. of fishes.] A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. "Great shoals of people." Bacon.

Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides.

Shoal

Shoal, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shoaled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoaling.] To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place. Chapman.

Shoal

Shoal, a. [Cf. Shallow; or cf. G. scholle a clod, glebe, OHG. scollo, scolla, prob. akin to E. shoal a multitude.] Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.

Shoal

Shoal, n. 1. A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.

The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their span.

Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor.

2. A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.

The god himself with ready trident stands, And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands, Then heaves them off the shoals.

Shoal

Shoal, v. i. To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.

Shoal

Shoal, v. t. To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep. Marryat.

A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.

To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.

Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.

A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.

To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.

To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep.

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