| shoal |
noun |
A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; — said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass., To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place., Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water., A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow., A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal., To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals., 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. |