shoal

Meaning

noun

1. a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
2. a stretch of shallow water
3. a large group of fish
   “a school of small glittering fish swam by”

verb

1. make shallow
   “The silt shallowed the canal”
2. become shallow
   “the lake shallowed over time”

Synonyms for shoal

• shallow
• school