shoal
/ʃɒʊl/
noun
- 1
A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
- 2
A shallow in a body of water.
verb
- 1
To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
- 2
To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
- 3
To become shallow.
“The colour of the water shows where it shoals.”
adjective
- 1
Shallow.
“shoal water”
noun
- 1
Any large number of persons or things.
- 2
(collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To collect in a shoal; to throng.
“The fish shoaled about the place.”
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