school

school
school1
noun
1》 an institution for educating children.
    ↘a day's work at school; lessons.
2》 any institution at which instruction is given in a particular discipline: a dancing school.
    ↘N. Amer. informal a university.
    ↘a department or faculty of a university: the School of Dental Medicine.
3》 a group of people sharing similar ideas or methods.
    ↘a specified style, approach, or method.
4》 Brit. a group of people gambling together.
    ↘a group of people drinking together and taking turns to buy the drinks.
verb
1》 chiefly formal or N. Amer. send to school; educate.
2》 train in a particular skill or activity.
    ↘Riding train (a horse) on the flat or over fences.
Phrases
school of thought a particular way of thinking.
Origin
OE scōl, scolu, via L. from Gk skholē 'leisure, philosophy, lecture place', reinforced in ME by OFr. escole.
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school2
noun a large group of fish or sea mammals.
verb (of fish or sea mammals) form a school.
Origin
ME: from Mid. Low Ger., MDu. schōle, of W. Gmc origin; cf. shoal1.

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  • School — School, n. [OE. scole, AS. sc?lu, L. schola, Gr. ? leisure, that in which leisure is employed, disputation, lecture, a school, probably from the same root as ?, the original sense being perhaps, a stopping, a resting. See {Scheme}.] 1. A place… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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