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shoal1    Audio Help   [shohl] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
2.a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, esp. one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide.
–adjective
3.of little depth, as water; shallow.
–verb (used without object)
4.to become shallow or more shallow.
–verb (used with object)
5.to cause to become shallow.
6.Nautical. to sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel).

[Origin: bef. 900; (adj.) ME (Scots) shald, OE sceald shallow; (n. and v.) deriv. of the adj.]

1. shallow, rapid, riffle. 2. reef.
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–noun
1.any large number of persons or things.
2.a school of fish.
–verb (used without object)
3.to collect in a shoal; throng.

[Origin: 1570–80; earlier shole, prob. < MD, MLG schōle, with sound-substitution of sh- for LG skh-; cf. school2]
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shoal 1    Audio Help   (shōl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A shallow place in a body of water.
  2. A sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, constituting a hazard to navigation; a sandbank or sandbar.

v.   shoaled, shoal·ing, shoals

v.   intr.
To become shallow: The river shoals suddenly here from eight to two fathoms.

v.   tr.
  1. To make shallow: The approach to the harbor was shoaled in the storm.
  2. To come or sail into a shallower part of.

adj.   Having little depth; shallow.


[Middle English shold, shallow, shallows, from Old English sceald, shallow.]

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shoal 2    Audio Help   (shōl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A large group; a crowd.
  2. A large school of fish or other marine animals.

intr.v.   shoaled, shoal·ing, shoals
To come together in large numbers; throng.


[Probably Middle Low German or Middle Dutch schōle; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

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shoal  (1)
"place of shallow water," c.1300, from O.E. schealde (adj.), from sceald "shallow," from P.Gmc. *skala- (cf. Swed. skäll "thin;" Low Ger. schol, Fris. skol "not deep"). The terminal -d was dropped 16c.

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shoal  (2)
"large number" (especially of fish), 1579, apparently identical with O.E. scolu "band, troop, school of fish," but perhaps rather a 16c. adoption of cognate M.Du. schole, both from P.Gmc. *skulo- (cf. O.S. scola "multitude," W.Fris. skoal), perhaps with a lit. sense of "division," from PIE base *skel- "to divide." Related to school "a crowd of fish" (q.v.). For possible sense development, cf. section from L. secare "to cut."

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shoal

noun
1. a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide 
2. a stretch of shallow water 
3. a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by" [syn: school

verb
1. make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" [syn: shallow
2. become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" [syn: shallow

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shoal [ʃəul] noun
a great number of fish swimming together in one place
Example: The fishing-boats were searching for large shoals of fish.
Arabic: سِرْب أو فَوْج من الأسْماك
Chinese (Simplified): 鱼群
Chinese (Traditional): 魚群
Czech: hejno
Danish: stime
Dutch: school
Estonian: kalaparv
French: banc (de poissons)
German: der Schwarm
Greek: κοπάδι ψαριών
Hungarian: halraj
Icelandic: mergð, torfa
Indonesian: kawanan ikan
Japanese: 魚群
Korean: 떼, 다수
Latvian: bars
Lithuanian: būrys
Norwegian: stim
Polish: ławica
Portuguese (Brazil): cardume
Portuguese (Portugal): cardume
Romanian: banc (de peşte)
Russian: стая, косяк
Slovak: húf, kŕdeľ
Slovenian: jata
Spanish: banco, cardumen
Swedish: stim
Turkish: sürü
shoal [ʃəul] noun
a shallow place in the sea etc; a sandbank
Example: The boat grounded on a shoal.
Arabic: مِياه ضَحْلَه
Chinese (Simplified): 浅滩, 沙洲
Chinese (Traditional): 淺灘, 沙洲
Czech: mělčina; písčina
Danish: banke; -banke
Dutch: ondiepte
Estonian: madalik
French: haut-fond; banc de sable
German: die Untiefe
Greek: ξέρα
Hungarian: zátony
Icelandic: grynningar; sandrif
Indonesian: beting
Japanese: 浅瀬
Korean: 물이 얕은 곳, 모래톱
Latvian: sēklis
Lithuanian: sekluma
Norwegian: sandbanke, grunne
Polish: mielizna
Portuguese (Brazil): banco de areia, baixio
Portuguese (Portugal): baixio
Romanian: banc de nisip
Russian: мелководье, мель
Slovak: plytčina
Slovenian: plitvina
Swedish: grund, rev
Turkish: sığlık yer
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A submerged mound or ridge of sediment in a body of shallow water.

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Shoal Creek, AL Zip code(s): 35242

Shoal Creek Drive, MO (village, FIPS 67628) Location: 37.03751 N, 94.52324 W
Population (1990): 296 (118 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Shoal Creek Estates, MO (town, FIPS 67632) Location: 37.01875 N, 94.49411 W
Population (1990): 21 (9 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Shoal

Shal"low\, a. [Compar. Shallower; superl. Shallowest.] [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skj[=a]lgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. Shelve to slope, Shoal shallow.]

1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. "Shallow brooks, and rivers wide." --Milton.

2. Not deep in tone. [R.]

The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring. --Bacon.

3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.

The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king. --Bacon.

Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. --Milton.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Shoal

Shoal\, v. i. To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.

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