shoal
- Adjective. (context, now) Shallow.
- Noun. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
- Verb. To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
- Verb. To cause a shallowing.
- Noun. Any large number of persons or things.
- Noun. A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.
- Verb. To collect in a shoal; to throng.
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