Associations to the word «Shoal»
Noun
Wiktionary
SHOAL, adjective. (now rare) Shallow.
SHOAL, noun. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
SHOAL, noun. A shallow in a body of water.
SHOAL, verb. To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
SHOAL, verb. To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
SHOAL, verb. To become shallow.
SHOAL, noun. Any large number of persons or things.
SHOAL, noun. A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.
SHOAL, verb. To collect in a shoal; to throng.
Dictionary definition
SHOAL, noun. A sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide.
SHOAL, noun. A stretch of shallow water.
SHOAL, noun. A large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by".
SHOAL, verb. Make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal".
SHOAL, verb. Become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.