shoal (n.)

  1. a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

  2. a stretch of shallow water

    [ Syn: shallow ]

  3. a large group of fish; a school of small glittering fish swam by

    [ Syn: school ]

    shoal (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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