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Definitions for Stud

[1] a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
[2] any of various buttonlike, usually ornamental objects, mounted on a shank that is passed through an article of clothing to fasten it: a collar stud.
[3] any of a number of slender, upright members of wood, steel, etc., forming the frame of a wall or partition and covered with plasterwork, siding, etc.
[4] any of various projecting pins, lugs, or the like, on machines or other implements.
[5] Automotive . any of a large number of small projecting lugs embedded in an automobile tire (studded tire) to improve traction on snowy or icy roads.
[6] an earring consisting of a small, buttonlike ornament mounted on a metal post designed to pass through a pierced ear lobe.
[7] Horology . the piece to which the fixed end of a hairspring is attached.
[8] to set with or as if with studs, bosses, or the like: The leather-covered door was studded with brass nails.
[9] (of things) to be scattered over the expanse or surface of: Stars stud the sky.
[10] to set or scatter (objects) at intervals over an expanse or surface: to stud raisins over a cake.
[11] to furnish with or support by studs.
[12] ornamented with rivets, nailheads, or other buttonlike, usually metallic objects: a stud belt.
[13] a studhorse or stallion.
[14] an establishment, as a farm, in which horses are kept for breeding.
[15] a number of horses, usually for racing or hunting, bred or kept by one owner.
[16] a male animal, as a bull or ram, kept for breeding.
[17] a herd of animals kept for breeding.
[18] Slang . a man, especially one who is notably virile and sexually active.
[19] Poker . stud poker.
[20] of, associated with, or pertaining to a studhorse or studhorses.
[21] retained for breeding purposes.
[22] student.
[23] a large-headed nail or other projection protruding from a surface, usually as decoration
[24] a type of fastener consisting of two discs at either end of a short shank, used to fasten shirtfronts, collars, etc
[25] building trades a vertical member made of timber, steel, etc, that is used with others to construct the framework of a wall
[26] a headless bolt that is threaded at both ends, the centre portion being unthreaded
[27] any short projection on a machine, such as the metal cylinder that forms a journal for the gears on a screw-cutting lathe
[28] the crossbar in the centre of a link of a heavy chain
[29] one of a number of rounded projections on the sole of a boot or shoe to give better grip, as on a football boot
[30] to provide, ornament, or make with studs
[31] to dot or cover (with) the park was studded with daisies
[32] building trades to provide or support (a wall, partition, etc) with studs
[33] a group of pedigree animals, esp horses, kept for breeding purposes
[34] any male animal kept principally for breeding purposes, esp a stallion
[35] a farm or stable where a stud is kept
[36] the state or condition of being kept for breeding purposes at stud ; put to stud
[37] (modifier) of or relating to such animals or the place where they are kept a stud farm ; a stud horse
[38] slang a virile or sexually active man
[39] short for stud poker

Words related to Stud

button, beam, post, scantling, framing, pin, pillar, peg, brace, dot

Words nearby Stud

stuck for, be, stuck on, be, stuck with, stuck-up, stuckism, stud, stud bolt, stud fee, stud poker, stud welding, stud.

Origin of Stud

2before 1000; 1920–25 for def 6 ; Middle English; Old English stōd; cognate with Old Norse stōth; akin to stand

Other words from Stud

un·stud·ded , adjective

Word origin for Stud

Old English stōd; related to Old Norse stōth, Old High German stuot

Synonyms for Stud

beam, framing, post, scantling