shoal: Meaning and Definition of
shoal
Pronunciation: (shōl), [key]
— n.
- a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
- a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, esp. one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide.
—adj.
- of little depth, as water; shallow.
—v.i.
- to become shallow or more shallow.
—v.t.
- to cause to become shallow.
- to sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel).
shoal
Pronunciation: (shōl), [key]
— n.
- any large number of persons or things.
- a school of fish.
—v.i.
- to collect in a shoal; throng.
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