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school
(sk/u/l )

noun (n)

  • an educational institution(noun.group)
    Example:
    The school was founded in 1900.
    source: wordnet30
  • a building where young people receive education(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    The school was built in 1932.
    He walked to school every morning.
    Synonym:
    schoolhouse
    source: wordnet30
  • the process of being formally educated at a school(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    What will you do when you finish school?.
    Synonym:
    schooling
    source: wordnet30
  • a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers(noun.group)
    Example:
    The Venetian school of painting.
    source: wordnet30
  • the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session(noun.time)
    Example:
    Stay after school.
    He didn't miss a single day of school.
    When the school day was done we would walk home together.
    Synonym:
    school day, schooltime
    source: wordnet30
  • an educational institution's faculty and students(noun.group)
    Example:
    The school keeps parents informed.
    The whole school turned out for the game.
    source: wordnet30
  • a large group of fish(noun.group)
    Example:
    A school of small glittering fish swam by.
    Synonym:
    shoal
    source: wordnet30
  • A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • educate in or as if in a school(verb.social)
    Example:
    The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions.
    source: wordnet30
  • teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment(verb.social)
    Example:
    She is well schooled in poetry.
    Synonym:
    civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, train
    source: wordnet30
  • swim in or form a large group of fish(verb.motion)
    Example:
    A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait.
    source: wordnet30
  • To train in an institution of learning; to educate at a school; to teach.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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