stud
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1. stud - Noun
2. stud - Verb
Meaning
A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc.
A stem; a trunk.
An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.
An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.
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.
To adorn with shining studs, or knobs.
To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs.
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Hills constellated with lights
stud the wall
Angeline had her nails painted with pink polish and accessorized with a pair of stud earrings and a ring.
As a stallion's career, either performance or breeding, improves, his stud fee tends to increase in proportion.
A rule of thumb is that a foal intended for sale should be worth three times the cost of the stud fee if it were sold at the moment of birth.
For the purposes of this page, if a breed registry or stud book classifies the breed as a horse, it is listed here as a horse, even if some representatives are pony-sized or have some pony characteristics.