schooled

Verb (1)

school (third-person singular simple present schools, present participle schooling, simple past and past participle schooled)

1. (transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
   • Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
2. (transitive) To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
   • A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court.1998 April 13, Leigh Jones, “National Bar Exam Methods Win in ADA Regulation Test”, in The Journal Record
3. (transitive) To control, or compose, one’s expression.
   • She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.

Verb (2)

school (third-person singular simple present schools, present participle schooling, simple past and past participle schooled)

1. (intransitive) To form into, or travel in, a school.
   • School with other fish: you’re less likely to be eaten.

   Synonyms:

   shoal

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