stud

stud

stud¹ [stud]

n.

[ME stode < OE studu, column, pillar, post, akin to ON stoth, Ger stützen, to prop < IE * stūt- < base * stā-, to STAND]

1. any of a series of small knobs or rounded nailheads used to ornament a surface, as of leather

2. a small, buttonlike device with a smaller button or shank on the back, inserted in a shirt front as an ornament or fastener

3. any of a number of upright pieces in the outer or inner walls of a building, to which panels, siding, laths, etc. are nailed: see FRAME

4. a metal crossbar bracing a link, as in a chain cable

5. a projecting pin or peg used as a support, pivot, stop, etc. or, as in an automobile tire, to increase traction on ice

6. a screw threaded at each end, used in fastening metal to metal or concrete

7. an earring consisting of a small ornament, as a gem, on a metal post that passes through a hole in the ear lobe, held in place by a fastener that attaches behind the ear: in full stud earring

vt.

studded, studding

1. to set or decorate with studs or studlike objects [a crown studded with jewels]

2. to be set thickly on; be scattered over [rocks stud the hillside]

3. to provide (a building) with studs or upright members

stud² [stud]

n.

[ME stod < OE, akin to Ger stute, mare (OHG stuot, stud of horses) < IE * stādh- < base * sta-, to STAND]

1.

a) a number of horses, or sometimes other animals, esp. as kept for breeding

b) the place where these are kept

☆ c) STUDHORSE

d) any male animal used esp. for breeding

2. Slang a virile, sexually promiscuous man

3. short for STUD POKER

adj.

1. of or having to do with a stud [a stud farm]

2. kept for breeding

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at stud

available for breeding: said of male animals