shoal
shoal
ƃoƊl
showl
/ʃˈə‍ʊl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "shoal"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻāĻžāρāĻ•, āĻŽāĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϞ

a large number of fish swimming together
shoal definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Dolphins are often seen herding shoals of fish, working together to corral their prey for an easy catch.
āĻĄāϞāĻĢāĻŋāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻŽāĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻāĻžāρāĻ• āϚāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϘāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āϜāϞ, āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

an area of shallow water
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A flock of birds rested on the shoal exposed by the low tide.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻžāρāĻ• āĻœā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āϜāϞ⧇āϰ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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a submerged or partially exposed accumulation of sand or sediment, typically visible at low tide

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sailors marked the shoal on their charts to warn others.
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āĻ…āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to naturally or gradually grow shallower
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Erosion caused the ocean currents to shoal the coastline over time.
āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϰ⧋āϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to cause a body of water to become shallow
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shifting sands shoaled the harbor entrance, restricting larger ships from entering.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻĒāĻĨāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

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