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23 Οκτ 2017 · 1. Shoal water, which is not a common expression 1 but can be understood simply as shoal being an attributive noun modifying water, means the water in or around a shoal, an area within a body of water that is shallower than the surrounding area (usually long and thin in shape). It is not necessary shallow in any absolute sense, but generally it ...
1 Νοε 2016 · I do it as well as I did it in this case, but no results except of urban dictionary. I didn't look for water meanings but I looked for the phrase meaning 'water a horse' as it appears in the book. In this way you'll not find it in the dictionary that you mentioned and I couldn't have any clue about the meaning, again, as a non native English ...
4 Ιουλ 2016 · 2. "Bobbing in the water" means floating on the surface, and implies that the bobbing object is buoyant and moving rhythmically in response to the movement of the surface. Its use here does not imply that the swimmer is repetitively going above and below the surface. Share. Improve this answer.
30 Ιαν 2016 · However, if it is not used in a specific technical context (in IT we talk about shallow and deep copies of objects, for example), it usually has the pejorative meaning of artificial, careless or stupid. More appropriate words for the meaning you intend to convey are basic, introductory, fundamental, beginning or primary.
Someone "wading in to digital photography" would be reading about the subject, maybe buying their first camera. As opposed to "diving in" or "taking the plunge", "wading" is a more careful, cautious way of going from not being in water to being in water.
10 Νοε 2015 · 4. Obtuse in the context of angles has a very specific, technical definition (an angle between 90 and 180 degrees). 'Shallow' is subjective and open to interpretation. I suggest they are not synonyms. Share.
25 Ιαν 2023 · The phrase "bobbing in the water" generally refers to a floating object moving up and down as small waves affect it. It is particularly often used for small boats, water fowl such as ducks, and fishing floats on a fishing line. It would not usually suggest a person struggling in the water, or trying to swim but having problems.
10 Σεπ 2020 · Words for "next to water". There are several words in English to describe an area that is close to water: beach, coast, shore, strand, waterfront. Could anyone please explain what they mean exactly and when can we use them interchangeably?
28 Ιουλ 2017 · 1. The relates to jumping (or diving) into the deep end of a swimming pool. In the deep end of the pool, the water is too deep for you to stand on the bottom, so you are forced to swim. It's a metaphor for coping with the unfamiliar, especially when you are not properly prepared. "Deep water" is a metaphor for the unknown, so when you jump into ...
Excerpted from Where I Lived, and What I Lived For by Henry David Thoreau:. This small lake was of most value as a neighbor in the intervals of a gentle rain-storm in August, when, both air and water being perfectly still, but the sky overcast, mid-afternoon had all the serenity of evening, and the wood thrush sang around, and was heard from shore to shore.
