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Definitions for Studding

[1] a number of studs, as in a wall or partition.
[2] timbers or manufactured objects for use as studs.
[3] a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
[4] 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.
[5] 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.
[6] any of various projecting pins, lugs, or the like, on machines or other implements.
[7] 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.
[8] an earring consisting of a small, buttonlike ornament mounted on a metal post designed to pass through a pierced ear lobe.
[9] Horology . the piece to which the fixed end of a hairspring is attached.
[10] to set with or as if with studs, bosses, or the like: The leather-covered door was studded with brass nails.
[11] (of things) to be scattered over the expanse or surface of: Stars stud the sky.
[12] to set or scatter (objects) at intervals over an expanse or surface: to stud raisins over a cake.
[13] to furnish with or support by studs.
[14] ornamented with rivets, nailheads, or other buttonlike, usually metallic objects: a stud belt.
[15] building studs collectively, esp as used to form a wall or partition See also stud 1 (def. 3)
[16] material that is used to form studs or serve as studs
[17] a large-headed nail or other projection protruding from a surface, usually as decoration
[18] a type of fastener consisting of two discs at either end of a short shank, used to fasten shirtfronts, collars, etc
[19] building trades a vertical member made of timber, steel, etc, that is used with others to construct the framework of a wall
[20] a headless bolt that is threaded at both ends, the centre portion being unthreaded
[21] any short projection on a machine, such as the metal cylinder that forms a journal for the gears on a screw-cutting lathe
[22] the crossbar in the centre of a link of a heavy chain
[23] one of a number of rounded projections on the sole of a boot or shoe to give better grip, as on a football boot
[24] to provide, ornament, or make with studs
[25] to dot or cover (with) the park was studded with daisies
[26] building trades to provide or support (a wall, partition, etc) with studs
[27] a group of pedigree animals, esp horses, kept for breeding purposes
[28] any male animal kept principally for breeding purposes, esp a stallion
[29] a farm or stable where a stud is kept
[30] the state or condition of being kept for breeding purposes at stud ; put to stud
[31] (modifier) of or relating to such animals or the place where they are kept a stud farm ; a stud horse
[32] slang a virile or sexually active man
[33] short for stud poker

Words related to Studding

moisten, dredge, smear, shower, spray, stud, dust, strew, dot, pepper, mottle, sprinkle, streak, stipple, speck, soil, splotch, blot, speckle, tarnish

Words nearby Studding

stud welding, stud., studbook, studded tire, studdie, studding, studdingsail, studebaker, student, student adviser, student body

Origin of Studding

1before 900; Middle English stude knob, post, Old English studu post; cognate with Middle High German stud, Old Norse stoth post

Other words from Studding

un·stud·ded , adjective

Word origin for Studding

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

Synonyms for Studding

besmirch, bespatter, blot, blotch, dapple, dirty, dot, fleck, maculate, marble, mottle, pepper, pimple, soil, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splotch, stipple, streak, stripe, stud, sully, taint, tarnish