stud
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: studs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: studs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: studding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: studded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: studded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
pos: noun
gloss: A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
pos: noun
gloss: A group of such animals, also of locomotives.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
collective
examples: He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories.
In freight working a considerable stud of ex-N.E.R. 3-cylinder 4-6-0s of Class "B16" is used, some of which include the Thompson modifications to the front end.
At that time, therefore, L.M.S. motive power for the increased loads of the Birmingham trains was less than adequate, whereas the G.W.R. route had an ample stud of Churchward and Collett 4-6-0s, and timekeeping was good.
gloss: An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
pos: noun
examples: at stud
gloss: A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
pos: noun
examples: In the studs of persons of quality in Ireland, where care is taken, […]we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigour, and size.
gloss: A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
examples: Well, I'll tell you the truth now. I ain't a for-real cowboy, but I am one hell of a stud!
Maverick, you big stud… Take me to bed or lose me forever.
Wow, Julia! Sounds like to me like you got your pick of any man in this room to dance with so I want you to take your time and find amongst all these young studs here tonight the coolest, most un-losery guy in the bunch
Those soap-opera studs and studettes sliding between satin sheets in the afternoon?
gloss: A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Down and lonely stud, 23 years old, wants comfort from sweet-hearted fem.
gloss: To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
pos: verb
gloss: To decorate as a stud does.
pos: verb
examples: The fruit [of Loranthus vestitus] is yellowish and fleshy, and is almost sessile on the stem, which it thickly studs.
gloss: To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
pos: verb
examples: [S]eemingly countless young hot stars stud the entire huge central region[.]
gloss: To set (something) over a surface at intervals.
pos: verb
examples: Stud the cake all over with chocolate chips, pointed ends in.
Stud the onion with cloves and add to the pan.
Derived words: bestud
cyberstud
stem
stemme
stud book
studded tire
studdery
studding
studette
stud farm
studfish
studgun
studless
studlike
studly
stud mare
studmark
studmaster
stud muffin
stud puppy
studs up
studwork
superstud
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: criador
lang: Danish
word: stutteri
lang: Dutch
word: stoeterij
lang: Finnish
word: siittola
lang: German
word: Stuterei
lang: German
word: Gestüt
lang: German
word: Stall
lang: Hungarian
word: méntelep
lang: Hungarian
word: ménes
lang: Macedonian
word: е́ргела
roman: érgela
lang: Norwegian
word: stutteri
lang: Polish
word: stadnina
lang: Portuguese
word: caudelaria
lang: Portuguese
word: haras
lang: Russian
word: заво́д
roman: zavód
lang: Spanish
word: criadero
lang: Swedish
word: stuteri
lang: Volapük
word: bridöp