school

Nouns

• (n) an educational institution
  • the school was founded in 1900
• (n) a building where young people receive education
  • the school was built in 1932
  • he walked to school every morning
  schoolhouse,
• (n) the process of being formally educated at a school
  • what will you do when you finish school?
  schooling,
• (n) a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
  • the Venetian school of painting
• (n) 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
  schooltime, school day,
• (n) an educational institution's faculty and students
  • the school keeps parents informed
  • the whole school turned out for the game
• (n) a large group of fish
  • a school of small glittering fish swam by
  shoal,

Verbs

• (v) educate in or as if in a school
  • The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions
• (v) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
  • Cultivate your musical taste
  • Train your tastebuds
  • She is well schooled in poetry
  civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, train,
• (v) swim in or form a large group of fish
  • A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait

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