[{"word":"shoals","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A shallow in a body of water.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["sandbank","sandbar"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To become shallow.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The colour of the water shows where it shoals."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Any large number of persons or things.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["school"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To collect in a shoal; to throng.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The fish shoaled about the place."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shoal","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shoals"]}]