'Shoal' definitions:

Definition of 'shoal'

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noun
A sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
noun
A stretch of shallow water [syn: shoal, shallow]
noun
A large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by" [syn: school, shoal]
verb
Make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" [syn: shallow, shoal]
verb
Become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" [syn: shallow, shoal]

Definition of 'Shoal'

From: GCIDE
  • Shoal \Shoal\, v. i. To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shoal'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. --Waller. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shoal'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shoal'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shoal'

From: GCIDE
  • Shoal \Shoal\, n.
  • 1. A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow. [1913 Webster]
  • The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their span. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
  • Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal. [1913 Webster]
  • The god himself with ready trident stands, And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands, Then heaves them off the shoals. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shoal'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'shoal'

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