ENGLISH: school - CREOLE: lekòl



Overview of noun school



The noun school has 7 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)



1. (610) school -- (an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900")

2. (108) school, schoolhouse -- (a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning")

3. (86) school, schooling -- (the process of being formally educated at a school; "what will you do when you finish school?")

4. (35) school -- (an educational institution's faculty and students; "the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game")

5. (28) school, schooltime, school day -- (the period of instruction in a school; the time period when schools 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")

6. (25) school -- (a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting")

7. school, shoal -- (a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by")



Overview of verb school



The verb school has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (2) school -- (educate in or as if in a school; "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions")

2. educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise -- (train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry")

3. school -- (swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait")

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