Shoal
n.-
A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish;
as, a .shoal of bass
v. i.
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To assemble in a multitude; to throng;
as, the fishes .shoaled about the place
a.
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Having little depth; shallow;
as, .shoal water
n.
- A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.
- A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
v. i.
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To become shallow;
as, the color of the water shows where it .shoals
v. t.
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To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of;
as, a ship .shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep