Definition of shoal

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Shoal (n.) A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass..

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Shoal :: Shoal (v. i.) To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place..
Shole :: Shole (n.) See Shoal.
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow..
Shoaly :: Shoaly (a.) Full of shoals, or shallow places..
Shun :: Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..
Shoal :: Shoal (v. i.) To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals..
Conder :: Conder (n.) One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker.
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..
Flat :: Flat (n.) A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a shallow; a strand..
Schooling :: Schooling (a.) Collecting or running in schools or shoals.
Bank :: Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland..
Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
Shoaled :: Shoaled (imp. & p. p.) of Shoa.
Shallow :: Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
Spit :: Spit (n.) A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand..
Shoal :: Shoal (a.) Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring..
Light-ship :: Light-ship (n.) A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners..
Balker :: Balker (n.) A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer..
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