Noun | 1. | school - an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900" |
2. | school - a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning" Synonyms: schoolhouse | |
3. | school - the process of being formally educated at a school; "what will you do when you finish school?" Synonyms: schooling | |
4. | school - an educational institution's faculty and students; "the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game" | |
5. | school - the period of instruction in a school; the time period when schools 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" Synonyms: schooltime, school day | |
6. | school - a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting" | |
7. | school - a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by" Synonyms: shoal | |
Verb | 1. | school - educate in or as if in a school; "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions" |
2. | school - train 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" |