Found 3 items, similar to shoal.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: shoal berkelompok, beting, dangkalan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: shoal shoal n 1: a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide 2: a stretch of shallow water [syn: shallow] 3: a large group of fish; “a school of small glittering fish swam by” [syn: school] v 1: make shallow; “The silt shallowed the canal” [syn: shallow] 2: become shallow; “the lake shallowed over time” [syn: shallow]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Shoal Shoal \Shoal\, n. 1. A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow. [1913 Webster] The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their span. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal. [1913 Webster] The god himself with ready trident stands, And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands, Then heaves them off the shoals. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Shoal \Shoal\, n. [AS. scolu, sceolu, a company, multitude, crowd, akin to OS. skola; probably originally, a division, and akin to Icel. skilja to part, divide. See Skill, and cf. School. of fishes.] A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. “Great shoals of people.” --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. --Waller. [1913 Webster] Shoal \Shoal\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shoaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoaling.] To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] Shoal \Shoal\, a. [Cf. Shallow; or cf. G. scholle a clod, glebe, OHG. scollo, scolla, prob. akin to E. shoal a multitude.] Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water. [1913 Webster] Shoal \Shoal\, v. i. To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals. [1913 Webster] Shoal \Shoal\, v. t. 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. --Marryat. [1913 Webster]