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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024shoal1 /ʃoʊl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a place where a sea or river is shallow.
- a sandbank in the water, visible at low tide.
shoal2 /ʃoʊl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- any large number of persons or things.
- Animal Behaviora school of fish.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shoal1 (shōl),USA pronunciation n. - Nautical, Naval Termsa place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
- 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.
adj. - of little depth, as water;
shallow.
v.i. - to become shallow or more shallow.
v.t. - to cause to become shallow.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel).
- bef. 900; (adjective, adjectival) Middle English (Scots) shald, Old English sceald shallow; (noun, nominal and verb, verbal) derivative of the adjective, adjectival
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged shallow, rapid, riffle.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reef.
shoal2 (shōl),USA pronunciation n. - any large number of persons or things.
- Animal Behaviora school of fish.
v.i. - to collect in a shoal;
throng.
- Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōle, with sound-substitution of sh- for Low German skh-; compare school2
- earlier shole, probably 1570–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shoal /ʃəʊl/ n - a stretch of shallow water
- a sandbank or rocky area in a stretch of water, esp one that is visible at low water
vb - to make or become shallow
- (intransitive) to sail into shallower water
adj
Also: shoaly - a less common word for shallow
Etymology: Old English sceald shallow shoal /ʃəʊl/ n - a large group of certain aquatic animals, esp fish
- a large group of people or things
vb - (intransitive) to collect together in such a group
Etymology: Old English scolu; related to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schōle school² |