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shoal

Pronunciation: (shōl), [key]
—n.
1. a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
2. a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, esp. one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide.

—adj.
of little depth, as water; shallow.

—v.i.
to become shallow or more shallow.

—v.t.
1. to cause to become shallow.
2. Naut.to sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel).