shoal 1  (sh ōl)
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n.1. A shallow place in a body of water. 2. A sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, constituting a hazard to navigation; a sandbank or sandbar. v. shoaled, shoal·ing, shoals v.intr. To become shallow: The river shoals suddenly here from eight to two fathoms. v.tr.1. To make shallow: The approach to the harbor was shoaled in the storm. 2. To come or sail into a shallower part of. adj. Having little depth; shallow.
[Middle English shold, shallow, shallows, from Old English sceald, shallow.] |
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shoal 2  (sh ōl)
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n.1. A large school of fish or other aquatic animals. 2. A large group; a crowd: a shoal of advisers. intr.v. shoaled, shoal·ing, shoals To come together in large numbers: The fish were shoaling.
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