shoaling

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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