shoal: Meaning and Definition of

shoal

1. a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
2. a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, esp. one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide.

1. of little depth, as water; shallow.

1. to become shallow or more shallow.

1. to cause to become shallow.
2. to sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel).

shoal

1. any large number of persons or things.
2. a school of fish.

1. to collect in a shoal; throng.