shoal
/ʃɒʊl/ · noun
Meaning
- A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
- A shallow in a body of water.
- To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
- To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
- To become shallow.
- Shallow.
- Any large number of persons or things.
- (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.
- To collect in a shoal; to throng.
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