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Noun
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(n)
shoal
(a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
shoal
,
shallow
(a stretch of shallow water)
S:
(n)
school
,
shoal
(a large group of fish)
"a school of small glittering fish swam by"
member meronym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
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(v)
school
[Related to:
school
] (swim in or form a large group of fish)
"A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"
Verb
S:
(v)
shallow
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shoal
(make shallow)
"The silt shallowed the canal"
S:
(v)
shallow
,
shoal
(become shallow)
"the lake shallowed over time"