Stud
Pronunciation
- enPR: stÅd, IPA: /stÊŒd/
- Rhymes: -ÊŒd
Origin 1
Old English stÅd.
Full definition of stud
Noun
stud
(plural studs)- A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
- A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
- A group of such animals.
- MacaulayHe had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories.
- Sir W. TempleIn the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigour, and size.
- An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
- A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
- (colloquial) A sexually attractive male; also a lover in great demand.
Derived terms
Origin 2
Old English studu.
Noun
stud
(plural studs)- A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.a collar with studs
- MarloweA belt of straw and ivy buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs. - MiltonCrystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems
And studs of pearl. - (jewelry) A small round earring.She's wearing studs in her ears.
- (construction) A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
- (obsolete) A stem; a trunk.
- SpenserSeest not this same hawthorn stud?
- (poker) A type of poker where an individual cannot throw cards away and some of her cards are exposed (also stud poker).
- (engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
- (engineering) A stud bolt.
- An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
Derived terms
Verb
- To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
- To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
- 2012, Antony Cooke, Dark Nebulae, Dark Lanes, and Dust Belts, page 82:Seemingly countless young hot stars stud the entire huge central region.
- To set (something) over a surface at intervals.
- 2010, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Rose's Heavenly Cakes:Stud the cake all over with chocolate chips, pointed ends in.