English Explanatory Dictionary

stud

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
  2. A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
  3. A group of such animals, also of locomotives.
  4. An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
  5. A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
  6. A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
  7. A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.
noun
  1. A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
  2. A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.
  3. 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.
  4. A cleat on a shoe.
  5. A stem; a trunk.
  6. A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.
  7. A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
  8. A stud bolt.
  9. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
verb
  1. To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
  2. To decorate as a stud does.
  3. To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
  4. To set (something) over a surface at intervals.
noun
  1. Clipping of student.

Pronunciation

stŭd /stʌd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stud.wav /stʊd/

Word forms

stud studs studding studded

Etymology

From Middle English stood, stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-West Germanic *stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōdą. Cognate with Middle Low German stōt, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð.

Synonyms

sire he-man hunk stallion stud poker

Derived words

bestud cyberstud stem stemme stud book studded tire studdery studding studette stud farm studfish studgun studless studlike studly stud mare studmark studmaster stud muffin stud puppy studs up studwork superstud collar stud five-card stud mud and stud nose stud press stud seven-card stud shirt-stud abscess spring stud studded stud finder

Translations

Catalan: criador Danish: stutteri Dutch: stoeterij Finnish: siittola German: Stuterei German: Gestüt German: Stall Hungarian: méntelep Hungarian: ménes Macedonian: е́ргела Norwegian: stutteri Polish: stadnina Portuguese: caudelaria Portuguese: haras Russian: заво́д Spanish: criadero Swedish: stuteri Volapük: bridöp
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