shoal

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Etymology 1

Old English sceald, from Proto-Germanic *skal-da-. Compare shallow.

Adjective

shoal (comparative more shoal, superlative most shoal)

  1. (now rare) Shallow.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.19:
      But that part of the coast being shoal and bare, / And rough with reefs which ran out many a mile, / His port lay on the other side o' the isle.

Noun

shoal (plural shoals)

  1. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
Synonyms
Translations
sandbank
  • German: Sandbank de(de) f.
  • Norwegian: sandbanke no(no) m.
  • Russian: мелководье ru(ru) (m'elkovód'je) n., отмель ru(ru) (ótm'el') f., банка ru(ru) (bánka) f.

Verb

to shoal (third-person singular simple present shoals, present participle shoaling, simple past and past participle shoaled)

  1. To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
  2. To cause a shallowing.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; apparently from Old English scolu (“division of army”) (but unrecorded between Old English and the 16th century); cognate with Dutch school (“shoal of fishes”).

Noun

shoal (plural shoals)

  1. A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.
Synonyms
Translations
group of fish
  • Armenian: վտառ hy(hy) (vtaṙ)
  • Croatian: plova hr(hr) f.
  • Czech: hejno cs(cs) n.
  • Dutch: school nl(nl) f.
  • French: banc fr(fr) m.
  • German: Fischschwarm de(de) m.
  • Greek: κοπάδι el(el) (kopádi) n.

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