school
n 1: an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"
2: a place where young people receive education; "the school
was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning"
[syn: {schoolhouse}]
3: the process of being formally educated at a school; "what
will you do when you finish school?" [syn: {schooling}]
4: an educational institution's faculty and students; "the
school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned
out for the game"
5: the period of instruction in a school; "stay after school"
or "he didn't miss a single day of school" [syn: {schooltime}]
6: a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by
a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian
school of painting"
7: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish
swam by" [syn: {shoal}]
v 1: educate in or as if in a school; "The children are schooled
at great cost to their parents in private institutions"
2: train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment;
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds";
"She is well schooled in poetry" [syn: {educate}, {train},
{cultivate}, {civilize}]