stud.
A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
Meaning & usage
A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
A group of broodmares or other animals kept for breeding.
A group of locomotives
An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
at stud
A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English stood, stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-West Germanic *stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōdą. Cognate with Middle Low German stōt, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð.
A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
a collar with studs
A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.
She's wearing studs in her ears.
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 cleat on a shoe.
A stem; a trunk.
A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the 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.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English stude, from Old English studu, from Proto-West Germanic *stuþ, from Proto-Germanic *stuþs.
To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
To decorate as a stud does.
To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
To set (something) over a surface at intervals.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English stude, from Old English studu, from Proto-West Germanic *stuþ, from Proto-Germanic *stuþs.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.