Shoal

  • 21shoal — žuvų tuntas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Didelis žuvų būrys. atitikmenys: angl. school; school of fish; shoal; shoal of fish vok. Fischschwarm, m rus. косяк рыбы, m; скопление рыбы, n …

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  • 22shoal — English has two distinct words shoal. ‘Shallow area’ [16] is descended from the Old English adjective sceald ‘shallow’, which in turn came from prehistoric Germanic *skaldaz. (English shallow [15] is related, although it is not clear precisely… …

    Word origins

  • 23shoal — A sandbank or bar that makes water shoal; i.e., a sand bank that is not rocky and on which there is a water depth of 6 fathoms or less …

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  • 24shoal — I. adjective Etymology: alteration of Middle English shold, from Old English sceald more at skeleton Date: circa 1554 shallow II. noun Date: 1555 1. shallow 2. a sandbank or sandbar that makes the water shallow III …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25shoal — shoal1 /shohl/, n. 1. a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow. 2. a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, esp. one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide. adj. 3. of little depth, as water;… …

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  • 26shoal — 1. adjective /ʃəʊl/ Shallow. But that part of the coast being shoal and bare, / And rough with reefs which ran out many a mile, / His port lay on the other side o the isle. 2. noun /ʃəʊl/ a) A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow …

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  • 27shoal — Synonyms and related words: a mass of, a world of, ankle deep, army, bank, bar, barrier, bevy, bunch, cloud, clutter, colony, coral heads, coral reef, covey, cursory, depthless, drift, drive, drove, epidermal, flat, flight, flock, flocks, ford,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 28shoal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. school, multitude, host, horde; shallow, sandbar. See assemblage, lowness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. reef, sandbank, sand bar, shallow, shallow water, underwater knoll, bank, bar, mudflat; see also reef …

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  • 29shoal — [[t]ʃo͟ʊl[/t]] shoals N COUNT: oft N of n A shoal of fish is a large group of them swimming together. Among them swam shoals of fish. ...tuna shoals …

    English dictionary

  • 30shoal — school, shoal The two words are of the same Middle Dutch origin and are used with the same meaning of large numbers of fish and other sea animals swimming together. They are unrelated to the more familiar word school, which is derived from Latin… …

    Modern English usage