'Shoal' definitions:
Definition of 'shoal'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
noun
A stretch of shallow water [syn: shoal, shallow]
noun
A large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by" [syn: school, shoal]
verb
Make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" [syn: shallow, shoal]
verb
Become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" [syn: shallow, shoal]
Definition of 'Shoal'
From: GCIDE
- Shoal \Shoal\, v. i. To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shoal'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shoal'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Shoal'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shoal'
From: GCIDE
- Shoal \Shoal\, n.
- 1. A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow. [1913 Webster]
- The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their span. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal. [1913 Webster]
- The god himself with ready trident stands, And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands, Then heaves them off the shoals. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shoal'
From: GCIDE
- Shoal \Shoal\, v. t. 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. --Marryat. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shoal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a mass of,
- a world of,
- ankle-deep,
- army,
- bank,
- bar,
- barrier,
- bevy,
- bunch,
- cloud,
- clutter,
- colony,
- coral heads,
- coral reef,
- covey,
- cursory,
- depthless,
- drift,
- drive,
- drove,
- epidermal,
- flat,
- flight,
- flock,
- flocks,
- ford,
- gam,
- gang,
- hail,
- herd,
- hive,
- hook,
- host,
- ironbound coast,
- jam,
- jejune,
- kennel,
- knee-deep,
- large amount,
- ledges,
- lee shore,
- legion,
- light,
- litter,
- lots,
- many,
- masses of,
- mob,
- muchness,
- multitude,
- nest,
- not deep,
- numbers,
- on the surface,
- pack,
- pitfall,
- plurality,
- pod,
- pride,
- quantities,
- quicksands,
- quite a few,
- reef,
- rockbound coast,
- rocks,
- rout,
- ruck,
- sandbank,
- sandbar,
- sands,
- school,
- scores,
- shallow,
- shallow-rooted,
- shallows,
- shelf,
- shoal water,
- shoals,
- skin-deep,
- skulk,
- slight,
- sloth,
- spit,
- superficial,
- surface,
- swarm,
- thin,
- throng,
- tidal flats,
- tidy sum,
- trip,
- trivial,
- troop,
- undercurrent,
- undertow,
- unprofound,
- wetlands,
- worlds of
Words containing 'Shoal'
- Shoaled,
- Shoaling,
- Shoals,
- Shoals, IN,
- Bull Shoals,
- Granite Shoals,
- High Shoals,
- Mill Shoals,
- Muscle Shoals,
- Ware Shoals,
- Bull Shoals, AR,
- Granite Shoals, TX,
- High Shoals, NC,
- Mill Shoals, IL,
- Muscle Shoals, AL,
- North High Shoals,
- Shoal Creek Drive,
- Shoal Creek Estates,
- Ware Shoals, SC,
- North High Shoals, GA,
- Shoal Creek Drive, MO,
- Shoal Creek Estates, MO