SHOAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does shoal mean?
• SHOAL (noun)
The noun SHOAL has 3 senses:
1. a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
2. a stretch of shallow water
3. a large group of fish
Familiarity information: SHOAL used as a noun is uncommon.
• SHOAL (verb)
The verb SHOAL has 2 senses:
1. make shallow
2. become shallow
Familiarity information: SHOAL used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SHOAL (noun)
Meaning:
A sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("shoal" is a kind of...):
sandbank (a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide)
Meaning:
A stretch of shallow water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
shallow; shoal
Hypernyms ("shoal" is a kind of...):
body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))
Meaning:
A large group of fish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
shoal; school
Context example:
a school of small glittering fish swam by
Hypernyms ("shoal" is a kind of...):
animal group (a group of animals)
Meronyms (members of "shoal"):
fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)
• SHOAL (verb)
Meaning:
Make shallow
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
shallow; shoal
Context example:
The silt shallowed the canal
Hypernyms (to "shoal" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Become shallow
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
shallow; shoal
Context example:
the lake shallowed over time
Hypernyms (to "shoal" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
