stud
stud1 definition
stud (stud)
noun
- any of a series of small knobs or rounded nailheads used to ornament a surface, as of leather
- a small, buttonlike device with a smaller button or shank on the back, inserted in a shirt front as an ornament or fastener
- any of a number of upright pieces in the outer or inner walls of a building, to which panels, siding, laths, etc. are nailed
- a metal crossbar bracing a link, as in a chain cable
- a projecting pin or peg used as a support, pivot, stop, etc. or, as in an automobile tire, to increase traction on ice
- a screw threaded at each end, used in fastening metal to metal or concrete
- 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 earin full stud earring
Etymology: ME stode < OE studu, column, pillar, post, akin to ON stoth, Ger stützen, to prop < IE *stūt- < base *stā-, to stand
stud2 definition
stud (stud)
noun
- a number of horses, or sometimes other animals, esp. as kept for breeding
- the place where these are kept
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- studhorse
- any male animal used esp. for breeding
- Slang a virile, sexually promiscuous man
- stud poker
Etymology: ME stod < OE, akin to Ger stute, mare (OHG stuot, stud of horses) < IE *stādh- < base *sta-, to stand
adjective
- of or having to do with a stud a stud farm
- kept for breeding
stud Idioms
at stud
available for breeding: said of male animals
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