"shoaling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shoalings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shoaling (plural shoalings)
  1. The formation of a shoal. Derived forms: shoaling wave, wave shoaling
    Sense id: en-shoaling-en-noun-vXzHW6cH

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shoaling
  1. present participle and gerund of shoal Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: shoal
    Sense id: en-shoaling-en-verb-FTgLoR7Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81

Inflected forms

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