school

ot noun

1. (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales. The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.
2. An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution. Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school.
3. At Eton College, a period or session of teaching. Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.
4. Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area. We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.

fe’l verb

1. To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school). Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
2. To control, or compose, one's expression. She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.
3. (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school.
4. To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.