school
Cross references:
1. teach
1. school \'sku:l\ n [ME scole, fr. OE sco-l, fr. L schola, fr. Gk schole]-
leisure, discussion, lecture, school; akin to Gk echein to hold - more at
SCHEME 1a1: a group of scholars and teachers pursuing knowledge (as in a
particula r field) and constituting a college of a medieval university pl
1a2: the academic or learned world : UNIVERSITIES 1b: the students
attending a school; also : its teachers and studen ts 1c1: persons who hold
a common doctrine or follow the same teacher (as in p hilosophy, theology,
or medicine) 1c2: a group of artists under a common influence 2a: an
institution for the teaching of children 2b: an institution for
specialized higher education usu. within a universit y 2c: a school
building 3a: the process of teaching or learning 3b: attendance at a
school 3c: a session of a school 4: the regulations governing military
drill of individuals or units; als o : the exercises carried out {the ~ of
the soldier}
2. school vt 1: to educate in an institution of learning 2a: to teach or
drill in a specific knowledge or skill {well ~e d in languages} 2b: to
discipline or habituate to something {~ oneself in patience }
3. school n [ME scole, fr. MD schole; akin to OE scolu multitude, scyl]ian
to separate - more at SKILL : a large number of fish or aquatic animals of
one kind swimming together
4. school vi : to swim or feed in a school {bluefish are ~ing}