Noun

• S: (n) shoal (shoal%1:17:02::) (a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide)
• S: (n) shoal (shoal%1:17:01::), shallow (shallow%1:17:00::) (a stretch of shallow water)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) body of water (body_of_water%1:17:00::), water (water%1:17:00::) (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)) "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) school (school%1:14:01::), shoal (shoal%1:14:00::) (a large group of fish) "a school of small glittering fish swam by"
• member meronym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) school (school%2:38:00::) [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 (shallow%2:30:01::), shoal (shoal%2:30:01::) (make shallow) "The silt shallowed the canal"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) change (change%2:30:01::), alter (alter%2:30:01::), modify (modify%2:30:10::) (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) shallow (shallow%2:30:00::), shoal (shoal%2:30:00::) (become shallow) "the lake shallowed over time"