schooled
- 1Simple past and past participle of school.
The coach schooled his players in the basics of defense.
She had schooled herself in three languages before college.
Note
One spelling carries every verb meaning of school, so the surrounding words do the sorting. Taught or trained is the everyday reading (schooled in the basics). A beaten opponent can be schooled too, taught a harsh lesson. Someone who has schooled their face has composed their expression, and fish that schooled formed or traveled in a group. Only that last meaning is intransitive; the others need an object, or a subject in the passive.
She schooled her features into a look of calm.
The visitors were schooled by the home team in the second half.
schooled is a form of school
school, verb: To educate, teach, or train someone, whether or not in a formal institution. Full entry
- Spelling
- school → schooled: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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