Stud

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A group of animals, especially horses, kept for breeding.
  • noun. A male animal, such as a stallion, that is kept for breeding.
  • noun. A stable or farm where these animals are kept.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A usually young man who is very sexually active or promiscuous.
  • noun. A usually young man regarded as attractive and well-built.
  • noun. A person who is extremely competent in a given area.
  • noun. Stud poker.
  • idiom. (at stud) Available or offered for breeding. Used of animals.
  • noun. An upright post in the framework of a wall for supporting sheets of lath, drywall, or similar material.
  • noun. A small knob, nail head, or rivet fixed in and slightly projecting from a surface.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A small ornamental button mounted on a short post for insertion through an eyelet, as on a dress shirt.
  • noun. A buttonlike earring mounted on a slender post, as of gold or steel, for wearing in a pierced earlobe.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Any of various protruding pins or pegs in machinery, used mainly as a support or pivot.
  • noun. One of a number of small metal cleats embedded in a snow tire to increase traction on slippery or snowy roads.
  • noun. A metal crosspiece used as a brace in a link, as in a chain cable.
  • transitive verb. To provide with or construct with studs or a stud.
  • transitive verb. To set with studs or a stud.
  • transitive verb. To be scattered over.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To furnish with or support by studs, or upright props.
  • To set with or as with studs.
  • To set with protuberant objects of any kind; scatter over with separate things rising above the surface: as, a bay studded with islands.
  • To lie scattered over the surface of; be spread prominently about in.
  • noun. Middle English forms of stead.
  • noun. A post; an upright prop or support; specifically, one of the small beams or scantlings in a building, of the height of a single story, which, with the laths nailed upon them, form the walls of the different rooms. See cut under siding.
  • noun. The stem, trunk, or stock of a tree or shrub.
  • noun. A transverse piece of cast-iron inserted in each link of a chain cable to prop the sides apart and strengthen it. See cut under chain.
  • noun. A nail, boss, knob, or protuberance affixed to a surface, especially as an ornament.
  • noun. A piece in the form of a boss or knob for use as a button or fastener, or in some other way.
  • noun. A number of horses kept for any purpose, especially for breeding or sporting.
  • noun. The place where a stud is kept, especially for breeding; a stud-farm.
  • noun. A stallion, especially one kept for service in breeding; a stud-horse.
  • noun. Dogs kept for breeding; a kennel.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc.
  • transitive verb. To adorn with shining studs, or knobs.
  • transitive verb. To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs.
  • noun. A stem; a trunk.
  • noun. An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
  • noun. A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.
  • noun. An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
  • noun. A stud bolt.
  • noun. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
  • noun. a bolt with threads on both ends, to be screwed permanently into a fixed part at one end and receive a nut upon the other; -- called also standing bolt.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small object that protrudes from something.
  • noun. A small round earring.
  • Word Usage
    "There is probably no one at the olympic games who better fulfills the term stud and then yesterday he went on to win his first individual gold only to have to swim against Michael Phelps 29 minutes later and he still had a good race!"
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    Form
    Hypernym
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blood  Bud  Flood  Judd  Rudd  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bead  bolt  bracelet  buckle  button  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Houyhnhnm  ass  band  bar  bastard  
    variant
    studded  studding  
    verb-form
    studded  studding  studs