Collins English-English Dictionary

school [skuːl]

1. 1. n

2. 2. n an institution or building at which children and young people usually under 19 receive education

3. 3. n (as modifier)

   school bus

   school day

4. 4. n (in combination)

   schoolroom

   schoolwork

5. 5. n any educational institution or building

6. 6. n a faculty, institution, or department specializing in a particular subject

   a law school

7. 7. n the staff and pupils of a school

8. 8. n the period of instruction in a school or one session of this

   he stayed after school to do extra work

9. 9. n meetings held occasionally for members of a profession, etc

10. 10. n a place or sphere of activity that instructs

    the school of hard knocks

11. 11. n a body of people or pupils adhering to a certain set of principles, doctrines, or methods

12. 12. n a group of artists, writers, etc, linked by the same style, teachers, or aims

    the Venetian school of painting

13. 13. n a style of life

    a gentleman of the old school

14. 14. n [informal] a group assembled for a common purpose, esp gambling or drinking

15. 15. vt. [tr] to train or educate in or as in a school

16. 16. vt. to discipline or control

17. 17. vt. an archaic word for reprimand

18. 18. vt. [Etymology] Old English scol, from Latin schola school, from Greek skhole leisure spent in the pursuit of knowledge

school [skuːl]

1. 1. n a group of porpoises or similar aquatic animals that swim together

2. 2. vi. [intr] to form such a group

3. 3. vi. [Etymology] Old English scolu shoal²