Synonyms of the word

shoal

• adj. (now rare) Shallow.
• n. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
• n. A shallow in a body of water.
• v. To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
• v. To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
• v. To become shallow.
• n. Any large number of persons or things.
• n. (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.
• v. To collect in a shoal; to throng.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

sandbank

• n. A ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping.

school

• n. (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
• n. A multitude.
• v. (intransitive) (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school.
• n. (US, Canada) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
• n. (Britain) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education…
• n. (Britain) At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
• n. Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which…
• n. An art movement, a community of artists.
• n. (considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular…
• n. The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
• n. The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
• n. The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class…
• n. An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
• v. (transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school.).
• v. (transitive) To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
• v. (transitive) To control, or compose, one's expression.

shallow

• adj. Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
• adj. Extending not far downward.
• adj. Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
• adj. Lacking interest or substance.
• adj. Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
• adj. (obsolete) Not deep in tone.
• adj. (tennis) Not far forward, close to the net.
• n. A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
• n. A fish, the rudd.
• v. To make or become less deep.

water

• n. (uncountable) A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear…
• n. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements…
• n. (often in the plural) Any body of water, or a specific part of it.
• n. A combination of water and other substance(s).
• n. (figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective…
• n. (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
• n. (uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
• n. The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
• n. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
• v. (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
• v. (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
• v. (transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
• v. (intransitive) To get or take in water.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
• v. (transitive) To dilute.
• v. (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
• v. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.
• v. (transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines;…