School - Definition

n 1: an educational institution; "the school was founded in
1900"
2: a building where young people receive education; "the school
was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning" [syn:
school, schoolhouse]
3: the process of being formally educated at a school; "what
will you do when you finish school?" [syn: school,
schooling]
4: a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a
similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of
painting"
5: 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" [syn: school, schooltime, school
day]
6: an educational institution's faculty and students; "the
school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out
for the game"
7: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish
swam by" [syn: school, 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: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She
is well schooled in poetry" [syn: educate, school,
train, cultivate, civilize, civilise]
3: swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of
schooling fish was attracted to the bait"