English dictionary
shoal
/S//oU/l/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
-
Having little depth; shallow; as, <i>shoal</i> water.
Source: webster1913
noun
-
a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
Source: WordNet 3.0
-
a stretch of shallow water
Synonyms shallowSource: WordNet 3.0
-
a large group of fish
Synonyms schoolSource: WordNet 3.0
-
A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a <i>shoal</i> of bass.
Source: webster1913
-
A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.
Source: webster1913
verb
-
make shallow
Source: WordNet 3.0
-
become shallow
Source: WordNet 3.0
-
To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes <i>shoaled</i> about the place.
Source: webster1913
-
To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it <i>shoals</i>.
Source: webster1913
-
To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship <i>shoals</i> her water by advancing into that which is less deep.
Source: webster1913