shoal

shoal ¹  (shl)

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.

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[Middle English shold, shallow, shallows, from Old English sceald, shallow.]

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shoal ²  (shl)

n.

1. A large group; a crowd.

2. A large school of fish or other marine animals.

intr.v. shoaled, shoal·ing, shoals

To come together in large numbers; throng.

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[Probably Middle Low German or Middle Dutch schle; see skel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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shoal¹

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a stretch of shallow water

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a sandbank or rocky area in a stretch of water, esp one that is visible at low water

vb

1. to make or become shallow

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (intr) Nautical to sail into shallower water

adj also shoaly

1. a less common word for shallow

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical (of the draught of a vessel) drawing little water

[Old English sceald shallow]

shoaliness  n

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shoal²

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a large group of certain aquatic animals, esp fish

2. a large group of people or things

vb

(intr) to collect together in such a group

[Old English scolu; related to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schōle school²]

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shoal  (shl)

A submerged mound or ridge of sediment in a body of shallow water.

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Shoal a great number; a crowd; a throng: especially of fish.

Examples: shoal of bass; of boats, 1839; of crows, 1759; of eagles, 1801; of fish, 1579; of frogs, 1692; of goslings, 1584; of herrings, 1774; of martyrs, 1610; of minnows; of miracles, 1639; of novelties, 1900; of injured people, 1901; of perch; of pilchards; of quails, 1659; of seals, 1835; of shepherds, 1579; of sticklebacks; of texts, 1688; of troubles; of whales, 1836; of small troubles, 1858; shoals of actors and actresses, 1749; of letters; of people, 1881; of Scotsmen, 1791.

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A sandbank or bar that makes water shoal; i.e., a sand-bank that is not rocky and on which there is a water depth of 6 fathoms or less.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shoal - a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide sandbank - a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide
	2.	shoal - a stretch of shallow water           shallow body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
	3.	shoal - a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by" school fish - any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish" animal group - a group of animals
Verb	1.	shoal - make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" shallow alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	2.	shoal - become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" shallow change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

Translations

shoal¹ [ʃəʊl] N [of fish] → banco m

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shoal² [ʃəʊl] N (= sandbank etc) → banco m de arena, bajío m, bajo m

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shoal [ˈʃəʊl] n [fish] → banc m

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shoal¹

n (= shallow place) → Untiefe f; (= sandbank) → Sandbank f

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shoal²

n (of fish) → Schwarm m; in shoals (letters, applications etc) → massenweise, in Massen; (people) → in hellen Scharen; shoals of letters → Unmengen pl → von Briefen, eine Briefflut

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shoal [ʃəʊl] n (of fish) → banco

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shoal [ʃəʊl] n (of fish) → banco

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shoal¹

n shoal [ʃəul]

a great number of fish swimming together in one place The fishing-boats were searching for large shoals of fish. skool سِرْب أو فَوْج من الأسْماك рибен пасаж hejno stime der Schwarm κοπάδι ψαριών banco, cardumen kalaparv گروه parvi banc (de poissons) נְחִיל דָגִים झुण्ड jato (riba), mnoštvo halraj kawanan ikan mergð, torfa branco, banco 魚群 (무리) 때 būrys bars sekawan school stim ławica cardume banc (de peşte) стая, косяк húf, kŕdeľ jata skupljati se u jato stim ฝูงปลา sürü 魚群 табун; косяк مچھلیوں کا جھول یا جمگھٹا đàn cá 鱼群

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shoal²

n shoal [ʃəul]

a shallow place in the sea etc; a sandbank The boat grounded on a shoal. sandbank مِياه ضَحْلَه плитчина mělčina; písčina banke; -banke die Untiefe ξέρα banco de arena madalik تپه زير آبي matalikko haut-fond; banc de sable שֶׁטַח שֶׁל מָיִם רְדוּדִים रेती plićak, prud zátony beting grynningar; sandrif bassofondo, secca 浅瀬 여울 sekluma sēklis beting ondiepte sandbanke, grunne mielizna baixio banc de nisip мелководье, мель plytčina plitvina plićak grund, []rev หาดตื้น sığlık yer 淺灘， 沙洲 мілина اتھلے پانی کا پھیلاؤ chỗ nông, chỗ cạn 浅滩， 沙洲