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Meaning of shoal
noun
- A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
- A shallow in a body of water.
verb
- To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
- To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
- To become shallow. Example: The colour of the water shows where it shoals.
adjective
- Shallow. Example: shoal water
noun
- Any large number of persons or things.
- (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.
verb
- To collect in a shoal; to throng. Example: The fish shoaled about the place.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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