Definitions for school



Overview of noun school

The noun school has 7 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (125) school

(an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900")

2. (12) school, schoolhouse

(a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning")

3. (6) school, schooling

(the process of being formally educated at a school; "what will you do when you finish school?")

4. (4) school

(a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting")

5. (1) school, schooltime, school day

(the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session; "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would walk home together")

6. school

(an educational institution's faculty and students; "the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game")

7. school, shoal

(a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by")


Overview of verb school

The verb school has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) school

(educate in or as if in a school; "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions")

2. educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise

(teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry")

3. school

(swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait")

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