Definition of School

Noun: school skool

An educational institution
"the school was founded in 1900"
A building where young people receive education
"he walked to school every morning"; "the school was built in 1932";
- schoolhouse
The process of being formally educated at a school
"what will you do when you finish school?";
- schooling
A body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
"the Venetian school of painting"
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";
- schooltime, school day
An educational institution's faculty and students
"the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game"
A large group of fish
"a school of small glittering fish swam by";
- shoal
[N. Amer] The body of faculty and students at a university
- university, uni [Brit]
[N. Amer] Establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching
- university, uni [Brit]
[N. Amer] A large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees
- university, uni [Brit]

Verb: school skool

Educate in or as if in a school
"The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions"
Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
"She is well schooled in poetry";
- educate, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise [Brit]
Swim in or form a large group of fish
"A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"