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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shoal  \Shoal\,  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.  --Marryat. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shoal  \Shoal\,  n.  [AS.  scolu,  sceolu  a  company,  multitude, 
  crowd,  akin  to  OS  skola;  probably  originally,  a  division, 
  and  akin  to  Icel.  skilja  to  part  divide.  See  {Skill},  and 
  cf  {School}.  of  fishes.] 
  A  great  multitude  assembled;  a  crowd;  a  throng;  --  said 
  especially  of  fish;  as  a  shoal  of  bass.  ``Great  shoals  of 
  people.''  --Bacon. 
 
  Beneath,  a  shoal  of  silver  fishes  glides.  --Waller. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shoal  \Shoal\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shoaled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Shoaling}.] 
  To  assemble  in  a  multitude;  to  throng;  as  the  fishes  shoaled 
  about  the  place  --Chapman. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shoal  \Shoal\,  a.  [Cf.  {Shallow};  or  cf  G.  scholle  a  clod, 
  glebe,  OHG.  scollo,  scolla,  prob.  akin  to  E.  shoal  a 
  multitude.] 
  Having  little  depth;  shallow;  as  shoal  water. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shoal  \Shoal\,  n. 
  1.  A  place  where  the  water  of  a  sea,  lake,  river,  pond,  etc., 
  is  shallow;  a  shallow. 
 
  The  depth  of  your  pond  should  be  six  feet;  and  on 
  the  sides  some  shoals  for  the  fish  to  lay  their 
  span.  --Mortimer. 
 
  Wolsey,  that  once  trod  the  ways  of  glory,  And 
  sounded  all  the  depths  and  shoals  of  honor.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  A  sandbank  or  bar  which  makes  the  water  shoal. 
 
  The  god  himself  with  ready  trident  stands,  And  opes 
  the  deep,  and  spreads  the  moving  sands,  Then  heaves 
  them  off  the  shoals.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shoal  \Shoal\,  v.  i. 
  To  become  shallow;  as  the  color  of  the  water  shows  where  it 
  shoals. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shoal 
  adj  :  full  of  submerged  reefs  or  sandbanks  or  shoals;  "reefy 
  shallows";  "shoaly  waters"  [syn:  {reefy},  {shelfy},  {shelvy}, 
  {shoaly}] 
  n  1:  a  stretch  of  shallow  water  [syn:  {shallow}] 
  2:  a  sandbank  in  a  stretch  of  water  that  is  visible  at  low  tide 
  3:  a  large  group  of  fish;  "a  school  of  small  glittering  fish 
  swam  by"  [syn:  {school}] 
  v  1:  make  shallow;  "The  silt  shallowed  the  canal"  [syn:  {shallow}] 
  2:  become  shallow;  "the  lake  shallowed  over  time"  [syn:  {shallow}] 




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