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shoal

(/S//oU/l )

Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide(noun.object)

source: wordnet30
a stretch of shallow water(noun.object)

Synonym:
shallow

source: wordnet30
a large group of fish(noun.group)

Synonym:
school

source: wordnet30
A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.(noun)

source: webster1913
A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.(noun)

source: webster1913

make shallow(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
become shallow(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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