shoal

1. n. A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. Source: opted

2. v. i. To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place. Source: opted

3. a. Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water. Source: opted

4. n. A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow. Source: opted

5. n. A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal. Source: opted

6. v. i. To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals. Source: opted

7. v. t. 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. Source: opted

8. n. a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide Source: wordnet

9. n. a stretch of shallow water Source: wordnet

10. n. a large group of fish Source: wordnet

11. v. make shallow Source: wordnet

12. v. become shallow Source: wordnet

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