Shoal

n.	1.	A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; - said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. - Waller.
v. i.	1.	To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place. [imp. & p. p. Shoaled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoaling.]
a.	1.	Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
n.	1.	A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow. The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their span. - Mortimer. Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor. - Shak.
	2.	A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal. The god himself with ready trident stands, And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands, Then heaves them off the shoals. - Dryden.
v. i.	1.	To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.
v. t.	1.	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.

Noun	1.	shoal - a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
	2.	shoal - a stretch of shallow water Synonyms: shallow
	3.	shoal - a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by" Synonyms: school
Verb	1.	shoal - make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" Synonyms: shallow
	2.	shoal - become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" Synonyms: shallow

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