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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shoal ¹

Noun

1. a large group of fish swimming together

2. a large group of people or things [Old English scolu]

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shoal ²

Noun

1. a stretch of shallow water

2. a sandbank or rocky area, esp. one that can be seen at low water

Verb

to make or become shallow [Old English sceald shallow]

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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

shoal [ʃəul] n [of fish] → banco

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shoal [ʃəul] n [of fish] → banc m

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shoal [ʃəul] n (of fish) → Schwarm m;

(also: shoals) (fig); Scharen pl

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shoal [ʃəul] 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 떼, 다수 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