stud

Meanings

Noun

• A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
• A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
• A group of such animals.
• An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
• A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
• A sexually attractive male; also a lover in great demand.
• A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
• A small round earring.
• 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.
• A stem; a trunk.
• A type of poker where an individual cannot throw cards away and some of her cards are exposed.
• A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
• A stud bolt.
• An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
• Short form of student

Verb

• To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
• To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
• To set (something) over a surface at intervals.

Origin

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