Meaning

(now rare) Shallow..

Definitions by Sense

1. (now rare) Shallow.
2. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
3. A shallow in a body of water.
4. To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
5. (transitive) To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
6. To become shallow.
7. Any large number of persons or things.
8. (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.

Example Sentences

shoal water

But that part of the coast being shoal and bare, / And rough with reefs which ran out many a mile, / His port lay on the other side o' the isle.

All told, we had scarce two miles to run; but the navigation was delicate, the entrance to this northern anchorage was not only narrow and shoal, but lay east and west, so that the schooner must be nicely handled to be got in.

'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.

The god himself with ready trident stands, / And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands, / Then heaves them off the shoals.

The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to sun themselves in and to lay their spawn.

Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, / And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour.

Noting the rate at which she shoals her water -[…]

Word Forms

• shoaler
• shoalest
• sheld
• shole
• shoald
• shold
• shaul
• shawl
• shauld
• schald
• shaud
• shawd
• shoals
• shoaling
• shoaled

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When Should You Use Shoal?

Use shoal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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