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Meaning of 'shoal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shoal [ a.]
- Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
2 . Shoal [ n.]
- A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.
- A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.
- A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
3 . Shoal [ v. i.]
- To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.
- To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.
4 . 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.

Meaning of 'shoal' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shoal [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a large group of fish
Example in sentence:
  • a school of small glittering fish swam by
2 . shoal [ v]
Meaning (2):
- become shallow
Example in sentence:
  • the lake shallowed over time
Meaning (3):
- make shallow
Example in sentence:
  • The silt shallowed the canal

Nearby Words:

shoad shoading shoaled shoaliness shoaling shoaly shoar shoat shock shock-head

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