shoal
ShallowShallow.
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» We've spotted that shoal of herring.
Wir haben den Heringsschwarm geortet. — raggione
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1 senses(archaic)Shallow.
shoal water
Examples
5 sentencesWe've spotted that shoal of herring.
deWir haben den Heringsschwarm geortet. — raggione
We've located the shoal of herring.
deWir haben den Heringsschwarm geortet. — raggione
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.
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Forms
shoaler, shoalestLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.