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| 1. | [ noun ] (geography) a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide | |
| Related terms: | sandbank | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a stretch of shallow water | |
| Synonyms: | shallow | |
| Related terms: | body_of_water shallow shallow | |
| 3. | [ verb ] become shallow | |
| Synonyms: | shallow | |
| Examples: | "the lake shallowed over time" |
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| Related terms: | change | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make shallow | |
| Synonyms: | shallow | |
| Examples: | "The silt shallowed the canal" |
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| Related terms: | change | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals | |
| Synonyms: | shelfy shelvy shoaly reefy | |
| Examples: | "reefy shallows" "shoaly waters" |
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| Related terms: | shallow | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (biology,zoology) a large group of fish | |
| Synonyms: | school | |
| Examples: | "a school of small glittering fish swam by" |
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| Related terms: | animal_group fish school | |
| Similar spelling: |
shoaly Shala shall Shaul shawl shale shallu Shayla Shealy shallow Shealey Shawwal Sheil Shela shell shyly Shiel Shila Shill Shull Shyla Shelia Shelli Sheila Sheely Shelly Shiela Shiley Shiloh Shella Sheley shelley Sheilah Shellie Sheeley |
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