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shoaled

shoaled is the simple past and past participle of shoal.

Meaning of shoal

Verb (1)

shoal (third-person singular simple present shoals, present participle shoaling, simple past and past participle shoaled)

  1. To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
  2. (transitive) To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
    • Noting the rate at which she shoals her water -[…]1859, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Explanations and Sailing Directions to Accompany the Wind and Current Charts
  3. To become shallow.
    • The colour of the water shows where it shoals.

Verb (2)

shoal (third-person singular simple present shoals, present participle shoaling, simple past and past participle shoaled)

  1. To collect in a shoal; to throng.
    • The fish shoaled about the place.

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Questions about shoaled

What is shoaled the simple past and past participle of?
Shoaled is the simple past and past participle of shoal.

Words near shoaled in the dictionary

  1. shoal
  2. Shoal Bay
  3. shoal grass
  4. shoal grasses
  5. Shoal Harbour
  6. shoaled
  7. shoaler
  8. shoalers
  9. shoalest
  10. shoalgrass
  11. shoalgrasses

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