1
A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
Similar
sire
2
A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
a collar with studs
3
Clipping of student.

verbstuds · studding · studded

1
To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
2
To decorate as a stud does.
The fruit [of Loranthus vestitus] is yellowish and fleshy, and is almost sessile on the stem, which it thickly studs.
3

Word Origin

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.

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Stud

//stʌd//

Definitions

nounstuds

1
A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
Similar
sire
2
A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
a collar with studs
3
Clipping of student.

verbstuds · studding · studded

1
To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
2
To decorate as a stud does.
The fruit [of Loranthus vestitus] is yellowish and fleshy, and is almost sessile on the stem, which it thickly studs.
3

Word Origin

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To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.

[S]eemingly countless young hot stars stud the entire huge central region[.]