shoal
To arrive at a shallow areaTo arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
» We've spotted that shoal of herring.
Wir haben den Heringsschwarm geortet.
Meaning
4 sensesTo arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
become shallow
(transitive)To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
make shallow
To become shallow.
The colour of the water shows where it shoals.
To collect in a shoal; to throng.
The fish shoaled about the place.
Examples
5 sentencesWe've spotted that shoal of herring.
deWir haben den Heringsschwarm geortet.
We've located the shoal of herring.
deWir haben den Heringsschwarm geortet.
The ship hit a shoal.
If there is a shoal or a stone under water again, it should indicate them on the map.
From each side they shoaled, / resolved and ready over sea and land / my steps to follow, where the Fates command.
Origin
From Middle English schold, scholde, from Old English sċeald (“shallow”), perhaps from ProFrom 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.
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-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to divide, split, separate”).
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Forms
shoals, shoaling, shoaled, shoaledSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle