school
1. an educational institution (Freq. 125)
- the school was founded in 1900
• Derivationally related forms:
scholastic
• Hypernyms:
educational institution
• Hyponyms:
academy, correspondence school, crammer, dancing school, direct-grant school,
driving school, finishing school, flying school, graduate school, grad school, language school,
nursing school, school of nursing, religious school, riding school, secondary school, lyceum,
lycee, Gymnasium, middle school, secretarial school, technical school, tech,
training school, veterinary school, conservatory, alma mater, public school, private school,
dance school, day school, night school, Sunday school, Sabbath school, grade school,
grammar school, elementary school, primary school
• Member Meronyms:
staff, faculty, schoolteacher, school teacher
2. a building where young people receive education (Freq. 12)
- the school was built in 1932
- he walked to school every morning
• Syn:
schoolhouse
• Derivationally related forms:
scholastic
• Hypernyms:
building, edifice
• Hyponyms:
conservatory, conservatoire, day school
• Part Holonyms:
school system
• Part Meronyms:
classroom, schoolroom
3. the process of being formally educated at a school (Freq. 6)
- what will you do when you finish school?
• Syn:
schooling
• Derivationally related forms:
scholastic
• Hypernyms:
education
4. a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers (Freq. 4)
- the Venetian school of painting
• Hypernyms:
body
• Hyponyms:
Ashcan School, Eight, deconstructivism, historical school, pointillism,
art nouveau, lake poets, secession, sezession
5. the period of instruction in a school;
the time period when school is in session (Freq. 1)
- stay after school
- he didn't miss a single day of school
- when the school day was done we would walk home together
• Syn:
schooltime, school day
• Derivationally related forms:
scholastic
• Hypernyms:
time period, period of time, period
• Part Meronyms:
study hall
6. an educational institution's faculty and students
- the school keeps parents informed
- the whole school turned out for the game
• Derivationally related forms:
scholastic
• Hypernyms:
educational institution
7. a large group of fish
- a school of small glittering fish swam by
• Syn:
shoal
• Hypernyms:
animal group
• Member Meronyms:
fish
1. educate in or as if in a school (Freq. 2)
- The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions
• Derivationally related forms:
schooling
• Hypernyms:
educate
• Hyponyms:
home-school
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- Cultivate your musical taste
- Train your tastebuds
- She is well schooled in poetry
• Syn:
educate, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
• Derivationally related forms:
civilisation (for: civilise), civilization (for: civilize), cultivation (for: cultivate), education (for: educate)
• Hypernyms:
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
• Hyponyms:
sophisticate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. swim in or form a large group of fish
- A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait
• Hypernyms:
swim
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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