shoal

adj : full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy

shallows"; "shoaly waters" [syn: {reefy}, {shelfy}, {shelvy},

{shoaly}]

n 1: a stretch of shallow water [syn: {shallow}]

2: a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

3: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish

swam by" [syn: {school}]

v 1: make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" [syn: {shallow}]

2: become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" [syn: {shallow}]