1. (

• school

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

2. (

• school ,
• schoolhouse

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

3. (

• school ,
• schooling

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

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. (

• 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" ;

1. (

• 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" ;