shoal

UK
/ʃəʊl/
US
/ʃoʊl/
shoalnoun
shoals
pl
UK
/ʃəʊl/
US
/ʃoʊl/
Translations
The ship ran aground on a shoal.
Корабль сел на мель.
A shoal of fish swam past the boat.
Мимо лодки проплыл косяк рыб.
Additional translations
Definitions
A large number of fish swimming together.
A shoal of herring was spotted near the coast.
A shallow place in a body of water.
The boat ran aground on a shoal in the river.
A large number of people or things considered together; a multitude.
A shoal of questions flooded the help desk after the update.
shoalverb
shoaled
Past Simple
shoaled
Past Participle
shoaling
Gerund
UK
/ʃəʊl/
US
/ʃoʊl/
Definitions
To become shallow or grow less deep (of a body of water).
The channel shoals abruptly as it nears the sandbar.
To swim or gather together in a large group (of fish).
Thousands of anchovies were shoaling near the pier.
shoaladjective
shoaler
Comp.
shoalest
Super.
UK
/ʃəʊl/
US
/ʃoʊl/
Translations
The boat got stuck in the shoal waters near the shore.
Лодка застряла в мелководных водах у берега.
Definitions
Having little depth; shallow.
The boat had to navigate carefully through the shoal waters near the coast.
Antonyms