stud

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

stud, n. [OE. stod, stood, AS. stōd; akin to OHG. stuota, G. stute a mare, Icel. stō stud, Lith. stodas a herd, Russ. stado, and to E. stand. The sense is properly, a stand, an establishment. √163. See Stand, and cf. Steed.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]
"In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor, and size."  [1913 Webster]
"He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories."  [1913 Webster]

stud, n. [AS. studu a post; akin to Sw. stöd a prop, Icel. sto a post, styja to prop, and probably ultimately to E. stand; cf. D. stut a prop, G. stÜtze. See Stand.].

•  A stem; a trunk.  [1913 Webster]

  "Seest not this same hawthorn stud?"  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.  [1913 Webster]

  "A belt of straw and ivy buds,
  With coral clasps and amber studs."  [1913 Webster]

  "Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems
  And studs of pearl."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.  [1913 Webster]
•  An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.  [1913 Webster]

Stud bolt, a bolt with threads on both ends, to be screwed permanently into a fixed part at one end and receive a nut upon the other; -- called also standing bolt.

stud, v. t. 

•  To adorn with shining studs, or knobs.  [1913 Webster]

  "Thy horses shall be trapped,
  Their harness studded all with gold and pearl."  [1913 Webster]
•  To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs.  [1913 Webster]

  "The sloping sides and summits of our hills, and the extensive plains that stretch before our view, are studded with substantial, neat, and commodious dwellings of freemen."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

stud, n. & v.
--n.
1 a large-headed nail, boss, or knob, projecting from a surface esp. for ornament.
2 a double button esp. for use with two buttonholes in a shirt-front.
3 a small object projecting slightly from a road-surface as a marker etc.
4 a rivet or crosspiece in each link of a chain-cable.
5 a a post to which laths are nailed. b US the height of a room as indicated by the length of this.
--v.tr. (studded, studding)
1 set with or as with studs.
2 (as studded adj.) (foll. by with) thickly set or strewn (studded with diamonds).
3 be scattered over or about (a surface).

stud, n.
1 a a number of horses kept for breeding etc. b a place where these are kept.
2 (in full stud-horse) a stallion.
3 colloq. a young man (esp. one noted for sexual prowess).
4 (in full stud poker) a form of poker with betting after the dealing of successive rounds of cards face up.

Idiom

at stud (of a male horse) publicly available for breeding on payment of a fee. stud-book a book containing the pedigrees of horses. stud-farm a place where horses are bred.

Etymology

OE stod f. Gmc: rel. to STAND

THESAURUS

stud

Houyhnhnm, ass, band, bar, bastard, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, bilge, billy, billy goat, bird, blain, bleb, blister, blob, blotch, boar, boss, bow, bread, brood mare, bubble, bubbly-jock, buck, bugger, bulb, bulge, bull, bulla, bullock, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, cat, chanticleer, chap, character, charger, check, checker, chine, clump, coarsen, cock, cockerel, colophon, colt, concavity, condyle, convex, convexity, courser, critter, crumb, dactylogram, dactylograph, dapple, dent, dint, dobbin, dog, dot, dowel, drake, dredge, duck, dust, ear, embossment, entire, entire horse, equine, excrescence, feller, fellow, filly, fingerprint, flake, flange, flap, fleck, flour, foal, footmark, footprint, footstep, fossil footprint, freckle, gall, gander, gelding, gnarl, gobbler, granulate, guy, handle, harlequin, hart, he-goat, hill, horripilate, horse, hot number, hump, hunch, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, iris, jasper, jog, joggle, joker, knob, knot, knur, knurl, lad, lip, loop, lump, maculate, marble, marbleize, mare, meat, mole, motley, mottle, mount, mountain, nag, nevus, nub, nubbin, nubble, pad, papilloma, paw print, pawmark, peacock, peg, pepper, piece, piece of ass, piece of meat, pimple, polychrome, polychromize, powder, prancer, print, pug, pugmark, rainbow, ram, rib, ridge, ring, rooster, rough, rough up, roughen, seal, sex goddess, sex object, sex queen, shoulder, sigil, signet, spangle, spatter, speck, speckle, spine, splatter, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stag, stallion, stamp, steed, steer, step, stigmatize, stipple, stot, streak, striate, stripe, studhorse, style, tab, tarpan, tattoo, tessellate, thumbmark, thumbprint, tom, tom turkey, tomcat, top cow, top horse, tubercle, tubercule, tup, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, variegate, vein, verruca, vesicle, vestige, wale, war-horse, wart, welt, wether, wild horse

ROGET THESAURUS

stud

Pendency

N pendency, dependency, suspension, hanging, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum, hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook, fastening, spar, horse, pendent, pendulous, pensile, hanging, beetling, jutting over, overhanging, projecting, dependent, suspended, loose, flowing, having a peduncle, pedunculate, tailed, caudate.

Convexity

N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).

Carrier

N carrier, porter, bearer, tranter, conveyer, cargador, express, expressman, stevedore, coolie, conductor, locomotive, motor, beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer, racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse, ketch, Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie, garran, garron, jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding, bronco, broncho, cayuse, creature, critter, cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler, stud, Pegasus, Bucephalus, Rocinante, ass, donkey, jackass, mule, hinny, sumpter horse, sumpter mule, burro, cuddy, ladino, reindeer, camel, dromedary, llama, elephant, carrier pigeon, pallet, brace, cart, dolley, support, fork lift, carriage, ship, equine, asinine.

Sexuality

N sex, sexuality, gender, male, masculinity, maleness, female, femininity, sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex, lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union, sleeping together, carnal knowledge, sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence, hots, horns, arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus, tumescence, erection, hard-on, boner, masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self- abuse, orgasm, climax, ejaculation, sexiness, attractiveness, sensuality, voluptuousness, fornication, adultery, sex symbol, sex goddess, stud, hunk, one-night stand, pornography, porn, porno, hardcore pornography, softcore pornography, pin-up, cheesecake, beefcake, Playboy, Esquire, Hustler, perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality, fetish, fetishism, homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, sodomy, buggery, pederasty, sadism, masochism, sado-masochism, incest, sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual, hot, horny, randy, rutting, passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous, up, in the mood, homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.