"shoal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ʃəʊl/ [UK] Audio: en-us-shoal.ogg Forms: shoaler [comparative], shoalest [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊl Etymology: From Middle English schold, scholde, from Old English sċeald (“shallow”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skalidaz, past participle of *skaljaną (“to go dry, dry up, become shallow”), from *skalaz (“parched, shallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out”). Cognate with Low German Scholl (“shallow water”), German schal (“stale, flat, vapid”). Compare shallow. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kelh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|schold}} Middle English schold, {{inh|en|ang|sċeald||shallow}} Old English sċeald (“shallow”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skalidaz}} Proto-Germanic *skalidaz, {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)kelh₁-||to dry out}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out”), {{cog|nds|Scholl||shallow water}} Low German Scholl (“shallow water”), {{cog|de|schal||stale, flat, vapid}} German schal (“stale, flat, vapid”), {{wp}} Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} shoal (comparative shoaler, superlative shoalest)
  1. (now rare) Shallow. Tags: archaic Categories (place): Landforms
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sheld [dialectal], shole, shoald, shold [dialectal], shaul, shawl, shauld, schald, shaud, shawd [Scotland]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ʃəʊl/ [UK] Audio: en-us-shoal.ogg Forms: shoals [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊl Etymology: From Middle English schold, scholde, from Old English sċeald (“shallow”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skalidaz, past participle of *skaljaną (“to go dry, dry up, become shallow”), from *skalaz (“parched, shallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out”). Cognate with Low German Scholl (“shallow water”), German schal (“stale, flat, vapid”). Compare shallow. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kelh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|schold}} Middle English schold, {{inh|en|ang|sċeald||shallow}} Old English sċeald (“shallow”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skalidaz}} Proto-Germanic *skalidaz, {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)kelh₁-||to dry out}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out”), {{cog|nds|Scholl||shallow water}} Low German Scholl (“shallow water”), {{cog|de|schal||stale, flat, vapid}} German schal (“stale, flat, vapid”), {{wp}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} shoal (plural shoals)
  1. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow. Synonyms: bank, bar Synonyms (sandbank): sandbar, sandbank Translations (sandbank): банка (banka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 淺灘 (Chinese Mandarin), 浅滩 (qiǎntān) (Chinese Mandarin), mělčina [feminine] (Czech), revle (Danish), zandbank [common-gender] (Dutch), sablejo (Esperanto), sablobenko (Esperanto), särkkä (Finnish), banc de sable (French), barra [feminine] (Galician), banco de area [masculine] (Galician), restinga [feminine] (Galician), taro [masculine] (Galician), sirte [masculine] (Galician), brica [feminine] (Galician), Sandbank [feminine] (German), ρηχά (richá) [neuter, plural] (Greek), ύφαλος (ýfalos) [masculine] (Greek), zátony (Hungarian), turzás (Hungarian), ubòm (Igbo), scairbh [feminine] (Irish), oitir [feminine] (Irish), secca [feminine] (Italian), banco di sabbia [masculine] (Italian), 浅瀬 (asase) (alt: あさせ) (Japanese), 사주 (saju) (alt: 砂洲) (Korean), 모래톱 (moraetop) (Korean), плитак (plitak) [masculine] (Macedonian), tāhuna (Maori), tārake (english: exposed at low tide) (Maori), matatāhuna (Maori), sandbanke [masculine] (Norwegian), سنار (sanâr) (Persian), banco de areia (Portuguese), мелково́дье (melkovódʹje) [neuter] (Russian), о́тмель (ótmelʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ба́нка (bánka) [feminine] (Russian), мель (melʹ) [feminine] (Russian), oitir [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), пличина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pličina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bajío [masculine] (Spanish), bajo [masculine] (Spanish), banco de arena (Spanish), sandbank [common-gender] (Swedish), batuharang (Tagalog)
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  2. A shallow in a body of water.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sheld [dialectal], shole, shoald, shold [dialectal], shaul, shawl, shauld, schald, shaud, shawd [Scotland] Derived forms: Shoal Harbour Translations (a shallow): τέναγος (ténagos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), плитчина (plitčina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), matalikko (Finnish), Gelungg [Alemannic-German] (German), pāti (Maori)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'a shallow': 53 47

Noun

IPA: /ʃəʊl/ [UK] Audio: en-us-shoal.ogg Forms: shoals [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊl Etymology: 1570, presumably from Middle English *schole (“school of fish”), from Old English sċeolu, sċolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, division of army, school of fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *skolu, from Proto-Germanic *skulō (“crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to divide, split, separate”). Cognate with West Frisian skoal (“shoal”), Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), Dutch school (“shoal of fishes”). Doublet of school. Etymology templates: {{cog|enm|*schole||school of fish}} Middle English *schole (“school of fish”), {{inh|en|ang|sċeolu}} Old English sċeolu, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skolu}} Proto-West Germanic *skolu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skulō||crowd}} Proto-Germanic *skulō (“crowd”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)kelH-|t=to divide, split, separate}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to divide, split, separate”), {{cog|fy|skoal||shoal}} West Frisian skoal (“shoal”), {{cog|gml|schōle||multitude, troop}} Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), {{cog|nl|school||shoal of fishes}} Dutch school (“shoal of fishes”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} shoal (plural shoals)
  1. Any large number of persons or things.
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  2. (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together. Tags: collective
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: school [fish, ichthyology, zoology, biology, natural-sciences]
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ʃəʊl/ [UK] Audio: en-us-shoal.ogg Forms: shoals [present, singular, third-person], shoaling [participle, present], shoaled [participle, past], shoaled [past]
Rhymes: -əʊl Etymology: From Middle English schold, scholde, from Old English sċeald (“shallow”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skalidaz, past participle of *skaljaną (“to go dry, dry up, become shallow”), from *skalaz (“parched, shallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out”). Cognate with Low German Scholl (“shallow water”), German schal (“stale, flat, vapid”). Compare shallow. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kelh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|schold}} Middle English schold, {{inh|en|ang|sċeald||shallow}} Old English sċeald (“shallow”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skalidaz}} Proto-Germanic *skalidaz, {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)kelh₁-||to dry out}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out”), {{cog|nds|Scholl||shallow water}} Low German Scholl (“shallow water”), {{cog|de|schal||stale, flat, vapid}} German schal (“stale, flat, vapid”), {{wp}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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.
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  2. (transitive) To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of. Tags: transitive
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  3. To become shallow.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sheld [dialectal], shole, shoald, shold [dialectal], shaul, shawl, shauld, schald, shaud, shawd [Scotland]
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ʃəʊl/ [UK] Audio: en-us-shoal.ogg Forms: shoals [present, singular, third-person], shoaling [participle, present], shoaled [participle, past], shoaled [past]
Rhymes: -əʊl Etymology: 1570, presumably from Middle English *schole (“school of fish”), from Old English sċeolu, sċolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, division of army, school of fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *skolu, from Proto-Germanic *skulō (“crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to divide, split, separate”). Cognate with West Frisian skoal (“shoal”), Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), Dutch school (“shoal of fishes”). Doublet of school. Etymology templates: {{cog|enm|*schole||school of fish}} Middle English *schole (“school of fish”), {{inh|en|ang|sċeolu}} Old English sċeolu, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skolu}} Proto-West Germanic *skolu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skulō||crowd}} Proto-Germanic *skulō (“crowd”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)kelH-|t=to divide, split, separate}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to divide, split, separate”), {{cog|fy|skoal||shoal}} West Frisian skoal (“shoal”), {{cog|gml|schōle||multitude, troop}} Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), {{cog|nl|school||shoal of fishes}} Dutch school (“shoal of fishes”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} shoal (third-person singular simple present shoals, present participle shoaling, simple past and past participle shoaled)
  1. To collect in a shoal; to throng.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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