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shoal |
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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