shoal

(shōl)
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.]

shoal² (shōl)
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.]

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noun

A shallow part of a body of water: shallow (often used in plural). See surface/depth.

adjective

Measuring little from bottom to top or surface: shallow. See surface/depth.

n. 1. an area of shallow water, especially as a navigational hazard.

2. a submerged sandbank visible at low water.

v.

(of water) become shallower.

adj. (of water) shallow.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

(DOD) A sandbank or bar that makes water shoal; i.e., a sand-bank that is not rocky and on which there is a water depth of 6 fathoms or less.

IN BRIEF: A shallow spot in a river, lake or ocean.

An unexpected shoal forced the kayakers to carry their vessel.

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For a list of words related to shoal, see:

• Animal Groups - shoal: group of fish, esp. bass
• Inland Waterways and Lakes - shoal: shallow place in river; sandbar
• Coastal Land, Islands, and the Sea - shoal: sandbar beneath shallow water, sometimes exposed at low tide

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - stime
v. intr. - stime, flokkes, svømme i stime

2.
n. - lavvandet sted, grund
v. intr. - grunde, blive grundet, komme på grundt vand
adj. - lavvandet, lav

Nederlands (Dutch)
school, zandbank, plaat

Français (French)
1.
n. - banc (de poissons), (fig) foule, quantité
v. intr. - se réunir en bancs, voyager par bancs

2.
n. - bas-fond, (Géog) banc de sable
v. intr. - devenir peu profond
adj. - peu profond

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Schwarm
v. - in Schwärmen schwimmen

2.
n. - Untiefe, Sandbank
v. - sich scharen
adj. - flach, untief

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανάβαθα, ρηχά, σύρτις, κοπάδι, λεφούσι
v. - ρηχαίνω, (για πλοίο) πλέω προς τα ρηχά, (για ψάρια) σχηματίζω αγέλη

Italiano (Italian)
banco, secca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cardume (m), quantidade (f)
v. - nadar, reagrupar-se em bancos, tornar-se menos profundo

Русский (Russian)
косяк (рыбы), большое количество (чего-л.), мелководье, отмель, собираться в косяк, мелеть, мелкий

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - banco, cardumen
v. intr. - formar cardumen, reunirse en gran número

2.
n. - bajío, banco de arena
v. intr. - disminuir gradualmente en profundidad, hacer menos profundo
adj. - poco profundo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - grund, rev, fallgrop, stim, massa, mängd
v. - grunda upp, samlas i stim, stimma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 一片浅水, 浅滩, 浅水处, 沙洲, 变浅, 水浅的

2. 鱼群, 大量, 大群, 鱼成群而游, 变浅

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 一片淺水, 淺灘, 淺水處, 沙洲
v. intr. - 變淺
adj. - 水淺的

2.
n. - 魚群, 大量, 大群
v. intr. - 魚成群而遊, 變淺

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - (물고기 따위의) 떼, 다량, 다수
v. intr. - (물고기가) 떼를 짓다, 떼지어 유영하다

2.
n. - 얕은 곳, 여울목, 사주
v. intr. - 얕아지다, 여울이 되다
adj. - 얕은 , (배가) 비교적 얕은 수심에서 뜨는, (배의) 홀수가 낮은

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 浅瀬, 隠れた危険, 群れ, 多数, 砂州
v. - 浅くなる, 浅瀬に突っ込む, 群れをなす, 浅くする, 浅いところに入る
adj. - 浅い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مياه ضحله, فوج, قطيع (فعل) يجعله ضحلا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮להקת-דגים, המון, מספר רב‬
v. intr. - ‮התקהלו, יצרו להקה‬
n. - ‮מי-אפסיים, שרטון, מקום רדוד, ברבים: סכנות או קשיים סמויים‬
v. intr. - ‮נעשה רדוד‬
adj. - ‮רדוד (מיושן)‬

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