school1
n.
- an institution for educating children.
▸a day's work at school; lessons.
- 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.
- a group of people sharing similar ideas or methods.
▸a specified style, approach, or method.
- Brit. a group of people gambling together.
▸a group of people drinking together and taking turns to buy the drinks.
v.
- chiefly formal or N. Amer. send to school; educate.
- train in a particular skill or activity.
▸Riding train (a horse) on the flat or over fences.
Phrase
- school of thought
a particular way of thinking.
Etymology
OE scōl, scolu, via L. from Gk skholē ‘leisure, philosophy, lecture place’, reinforced in ME by OFr. escole.
school2
n.
a large group of fish or sea mammals.
v.
(of fish or sea mammals) form a school.
Etymology
ME: from Mid. Low Ger., MDu. schōle, of W. Gmc origin; cf. shoal1.