Толковый словарь английского языка - shoal
Shoal
shoal
I. adjective see: skeleton Date: circa 1554 shallow , II. noun Date: 1555 shallow , a sandbank or sandbar that makes the water shallow, III. verb Date: 1574 intransitive verb to become shallow, transitive verb to come to a shallow or less deep part of, to cause to become shallow or less deep, IV. noun see: school Date: 1579 a large group or number ; crowd , V. intransitive verb Date: 1610 throng , school
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a great number of fish swimming together (cf. SCHOOL(2)). 2 a multitude; a crowd (shoals of letters). --v.intr. (of fish) form shoals. Etymology: prob. re-adoption of MDu. schole SCHOOL(2) 2. n., v., & adj. --n. 1 a an area of shallow water. b a submerged sandbank visible at low water. 2 (esp. in pl.) hidden danger or difficulty. --v. 1 intr. (of water) get shallower. 2 tr. (of a ship etc.) move into a shallower part of (water). --adj. archaic (of water) shallow. Derivatives shoaly adj. Etymology: OE sceald f. Gmc, rel. to SHALLOW ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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