Look up: shoal

1. Shoal
   a social group consisting of individuals of the same species that are not always similar in size, that are not equal in social status, and that do not move in a highly coordinated fashion.
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2. Shoal
   (1) (noun) A detached area of any material except rock or coral. The DEPTHS over it are a danger to surface navigation. Similar continental or insular shelf features of greater DEPTHS are usually termed BANKS. (2) (verb) To become shallow gradually. (3) To cause to become shallow. (4) To proceed from a greater to a lesser DEPTH of water.
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3. shoal
   [n] - a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide 2. [n] - a stretch of shallow water
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4. Shoal
   Shoal noun [ Anglo-Saxon scolu , sceolu , a company, multitude, crowd, akin to Old Saxon skola ; probably originally, a division, and akin to Icelandic skilja to part, divide. See Skill , and confer School . of...
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5. Shoal
   Shoal intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shoaled ; present participle & verbal noun Shoaling .] To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place. Chapman.
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6. Shoal
   Shoal adjective [ Confer Shallow ; or confer German scholle a clod, glebe, Old High German scollo , scolla , probably akin to English shoal a multitude.] Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
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7. Shoal
   Shoal noun 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. �...
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8. Shoal
   Shoal intransitive verb To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals .
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9. Shoal
   Shoal transitive verb 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.
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10. shoal
    A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. 'Great shoals of people.' 'Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides.' (Waller) ... Origin: AS. Scolu, sceolu, a company, multitude, crowd, akin to OS. Skola; probably originally, a division, and akin to Ice...
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11. shoal
    noun a stretch of shallow water
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12. shoal
    noun a large group of fish; `a school of small glittering fish swam by`
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13. Shoal
    • (n.) A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal. • (n.) A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. • (a.) Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water. • (v. i.) To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoa...
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14. shoal
    accumulation of sediment in a river channel or on a continental shelf that is potentially dangerous to ships. On the continental shelf it is ... [3 related articles]
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15. Shoal
    a shallow location, such as over a sandbank, often home to large numbers of schooling fish. These schools of fish are sometimes called shoals themselves.
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16. Shoal
    Shoal is the collective noun for a group of fish.
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17. shoal
    Shallow
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18. shoal
    a shallow area, often an underwater sandbar; sometimes also refers to an island or group of islands
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19. Shoal
    A `shoal`, `sandbar` (or just `bar` in context), or `gravelbar` is a somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles. A `spit` or `sandspit` is a type of shoal. Shoals are characteristically long and narrow (linear) and develop whe...
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