school
noun
- institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution
- a direction within a science or art; a group of people having a similar framework with regards to their discipline
- educational institution
verb
- educate
noun
- group of fish or group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales
- a multitude of something
verb
- to swim together
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /skuːl/ / [skuːɫ] / /skul/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English scole, schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals”), from Old Dutch *scola, *skola (“troop, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *skulu (“troop, group”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷel- (“crowd, people”). Cognate with Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish”). Doublet of shoal.
- A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
“The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.”
- A multitude.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English scole, schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals”), from Old Dutch *scola, *skola (“troop, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *skulu (“troop, group”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷel- (“crowd, people”). Cognate with Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish”). Doublet of shoal.
- To form into, or travel in, a school.