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shoal1  audio  (shl) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. A shallow place in a body of water.
  2. A sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, constituting a hazard to navigation; a sandbank or sandbar.
VERB:
shoaled, shoal·ing, shoals
VERB:
intr.
To become shallow: The river shoals suddenly here from eight to two fathoms.
VERB:
tr.
  1. To make shallow: The approach to the harbor was shoaled in the storm.
  2. To come or sail into a shallower part of.
ADJECTIVE:
Having little depth; shallow.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English shold, shallow, shallows, from Old English sceald, shallow


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