shoaling

see definition of shoaling

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Word Origin & History

"place of shallow water," c.1300, from Old English schealde (adj.), from sceald "shallow," from Proto-Germanic *skala- (cf. Swedish skäll "thin;" Low German schol, Frisian skol "not deep"), of uncertain origin. The terminal -d was dropped 16c.

Example Sentences for shoaling

As soon as they found that the water was shoaling, they would anchor.

I then helped the squire to walk up the shoaling beach, out of the river.

"The water's shoaling rapidly, sir," repeated the second lieutenant.

It would also appear that since Captain King's survey the water has been shoaling hereabouts.

The shoaling indicated by a sounding of 310 fathoms taken in Lat.

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Synonyms for shoaling

verb to put in and occupy the whole of

block
clog
close
cram
crowd
furnish
lade
load
overflow
pack
permeate
saturate
store
stuff
supply
swell
top
charge
choke
congest
distend
fulfill
glut
gorge
heap
impregnate
inflate
meet
overspread
pervade
plug
ram
replenish
sate
satiate
satisfy
shoal
stock
stopper
stretch
blow up
brim over
bulge out
jam-pack
pack like sardines
puff up
pump up
ram in
take up
top off

Antonyms for shoaling

open
release
unblock
unstop
abstain
compress
contract
deflate
deplete
deprive
diet
dissatisfy
fail
fast
miss
shrink
use up
waste
drain
empty
exhaust
spend
take
use
void

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