Shoal

·noun A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.

II. Shoal ·adj Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.

III. Shoal ·vi To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.

IV. Shoal ·noun A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, ·etc., is shallow; a shallow.

V. Shoal ·noun A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng;

— said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.

VI. Shoal ·vi To assemble in a multitude; to Throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.

VII. Shoal ·vt 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.