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school > 10 senses
NOUN1schoolAn educational institution
2school, schoolhouseA building where young people receive education
3school, schoolingThe process of being formally educated at a school
4schoolAn educational institution's faculty and students
5school, schooltime, school dayThe period of instruction in a school
6schoolA body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
7school, shoalA large group of fish
VERB1schoolEducate in or as if in a school
2school, educate, train, cultivate, civilize, civiliseTrain to be discriminative in taste or judgment
3schoolSwim in or form a large group of fish
school > pronunciation
Soundsskuw'l
RhymesBlackpool, Boole, boule, and 42 more rhymes in uwl at the HyperDic website...
school > noun 1, group
MeaningAn educational institution.
Examples"the school was founded in 1900"
Membersstaff, faculty; schoolteacher, school teacher
Narroweracademy; correspondence school; crammer; dancing school; direct-grant school; driving school; finishing school; flying school; graduate school, grad school; language school; nursing school, school of nursing; religious school; riding school; secondary school, lyceum, lycee, Gymnasium, middle school; secretarial school; technical school, tech; training school; veterinary school; conservatory; alma mater; public school; private school; dance school; day school; night school; Sunday school, Sabbath school; grade school, grammar school, elementary school, primary school
Broadereducational institution
Adjectivesscholastic
Verbsschool
school > noun 2, artifact
MeaningA building where young people receive education.
Examples"the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning"
Synonymsschoolhouse
Part ofschool system
Partsclassroom, schoolroom
Narrowerconservatory, conservatoire; day school
Broaderbuilding, edifice
Verbsschool
school > noun 3, cognition
MeaningThe process of being formally educated at a school.
Examples"what will you do when you finish school?"
Synonymsschooling
Broadereducation
Verbsschool
school > noun 4, group
MeaningAn educational institution's faculty and students.
Examples"the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game"
Broadereducational institution
Verbsschool
school > noun 5, time
MeaningThe period of instruction in a school. The time period when schools is in session.
Examples"stay after school"; "he didn't miss a single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would walk home together"
Synonymsschooltime, school day
Partsstudy hall
Broadertime period, period of time, period
Verbsschool
school > noun 6, group
MeaningA body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers.
Examples"the Venetian school of painting"
NarrowerAshcan School, Eight; deconstructivism; historical school; pointillism; art nouveau; lake poets; secession, sezession
Broaderbody
school > noun 7, group
MeaningA large group of fish.
Examples"a school of small glittering fish swam by"
Synonymsshoal
Membersfish
Broaderanimal group
Verbsschool
school > verb 1, social
MeaningEducate in or as if in a school.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody
Examples"The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions"
Narrowerhome-school
Broadereducate
Nounsschool; school; school; school; schooling; school
school > verb 2, social
MeaningTrain to be discriminative in taste or judgment.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Examples"She is well schooled in poetry"
Synonymseducate, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
Narrowersophisticate
Broaderpolish, refine, fine-tune, down
school > verb 3, motion
MeaningSwim in or form a large group of fish.
PatternSomething ----s
Examples"A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"
Broaderswim
Nounsschool

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