Standard Lemma guide

stud

noun · verb · 28 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • stŭd
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /stʌd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northern-England: /stʊd/
  • rhymes with -ʌd
  • homophone: stood (without the foot-strut split)
  • CMU ARPABET: S T AH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sire

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A group of such animals, also of locomotives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, collective

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • at stud

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: he-man, hunk, stallion

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a collar with studs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: jewelry, lifestyle

Examples

  • She's wearing studs in her ears.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, construction, manufacturing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A cleat on a shoe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A stem; a trunk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: card-games, poker

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stud poker

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

A stud bolt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

Clipping of student.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To set with studs; to furnish with studs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To decorate as a stud does.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To set (something) over a surface at intervals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stud poker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: poker, poker game

23

noun

Meaning 23

adult male horse kept for breeding

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: studhorse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stallion, entire

24

noun

Meaning 24

an upright in house framing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scantling

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: upright, vertical

25

noun

Meaning 25

ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rivet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: decoration, ornament, ornamentation

26

noun

Meaning 26

a man who is virile and sexually active

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: he-man, macho-man

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: man, adult male

27

verb

Meaning 27

provide with or construct with studs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • stud the wall

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: add

28

verb

Meaning 28

scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Hills constellated with lights

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dot, constellate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cover, continue, extend

History

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.

Inherited from Middle English stude, from Old English studu, from Proto-West Germanic *stuþ, from Proto-Germanic *stuþs.

Across languages

Translations

229 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: rifón — male animal kept for breeding
  • Asturian: garañón — male animal kept for breeding
  • Bulgarian: жребец (žrebec) — male animal kept for breeding
  • Catalan: semental — male animal kept for breeding
  • Catalan: de llavor — male animal kept for breeding
  • Catalan: llavorer — male animal kept for breeding
  • Czech: hřebec — male animal kept for breeding
  • Danish: avlshingst — male animal kept for breeding
  • Danish: avlstyr — male animal kept for breeding
  • Dutch: dekhengst — male animal kept for breeding
  • Dutch: fokhengst — male animal kept for breeding
  • Dutch: fokdier — male animal kept for breeding
  • Dutch: dekstier — male animal kept for breeding
  • Dutch: fokstier — male animal kept for breeding
  • Finnish: siitoseläin — male animal kept for breeding
  • Finnish: siitosori — male animal kept for breeding
  • French: étalon — male animal kept for breeding
  • Galician: guarán — male animal kept for breeding
  • Galician: burraxo — male animal kept for breeding
  • Galician: contrareo — male animal kept for breeding
  • Galician: mulateiro — male animal kept for breeding
  • Galician: almallo — male animal kept for breeding
  • Galician: castal — male animal kept for breeding
  • German: Deckhengst — male animal kept for breeding
  • German: Schälhengst — male animal kept for breeding
  • German: Schellhengst — male animal kept for breeding
  • German: Beschäler — male animal kept for breeding
  • German: Beschälhengst — male animal kept for breeding
  • German: Zuchthengst — male animal kept for breeding
  • German: Gestüthengst — male animal kept for breeding
  • German: Gestütpferd — male animal kept for breeding
  • German: Decktier — male animal kept for breeding
  • Greek: επιβήτορας (epivítoras) — male animal kept for breeding
  • Ancient Greek: ὀχεῖον (okheîon) — male animal kept for breeding
  • Hungarian: tenyészmén — male animal kept for breeding
  • Hungarian: fedezőmén — male animal kept for breeding
  • Hungarian: csődör — male animal kept for breeding
  • Hungarian: mén — male animal kept for breeding
  • Irish: graíre — male animal kept for breeding
  • Italian: riproduttore — male animal kept for breeding
  • Italian: razzatore — male animal kept for breeding
  • Italian: stallone — male animal kept for breeding
  • Lithuanian: eržilas — male animal kept for breeding
  • Macedonian: па́стув (pástuv) — male animal kept for breeding
  • Malay: pembaka — male animal kept for breeding
  • Polish: ogier — male animal kept for breeding
  • Portuguese: garanhão — male animal kept for breeding
  • Romanian: armăsar — male animal kept for breeding
  • Russian: производи́тель (proizvodítelʹ) — male animal kept for breeding
  • Russian: саме́ц-производи́тель (saméc-proizvodítelʹ) — male animal kept for breeding
  • Spanish: semental — male animal kept for breeding
  • Spanish: garañón — male animal kept for breeding
  • Spanish: padrillo — male animal kept for breeding
  • Swedish: hingst — male animal kept for breeding
  • Swedish: avelshingst — male animal kept for breeding
  • Turkish: damızlık — male animal kept for breeding
  • Volapük: stäilajevod — male animal kept for breeding
  • Volapük: stäilahijevod — male animal kept for breeding
  • Volapük: bridöpajevod — male animal kept for breeding
  • Volapük: bridöpahijevod — male animal kept for breeding
  • Volapük: stäilajip — male animal kept for breeding
  • Volapük: stäilahijip — male animal kept for breeding
  • Welsh: gre — male animal kept for breeding
  • Finnish: siitoseläin — female animal kept for breeding
  • German: Zuchtstute — female animal kept for breeding
  • Hungarian: tenyészkanca — female animal kept for breeding
  • Polish: klacz — female animal kept for breeding
  • Swedish: sto — female animal kept for breeding
  • Swedish: avelssto — female animal kept for breeding
  • Volapük: bridöpajevod — female animal kept for breeding
  • Volapük: bridöpajijevod — female animal kept for breeding
  • Asturian: semental — animal registered and retained for breeding
  • Finnish: siitoseläin — animal registered and retained for breeding
  • Finnish: siitoskarja — animal registered and retained for breeding
  • Hungarian: tenyészállat — animal registered and retained for breeding
  • Spanish: semental — animal registered and retained for breeding
  • Asturian: criadoriu — animal breeding place
  • Asturian: criador — animal breeding place
  • Catalan: criador — animal breeding place
  • Danish: stutteri — animal breeding place
  • Dutch: stoeterij — animal breeding place
  • Finnish: siittola — animal breeding place
  • German: Stuterei — animal breeding place
  • German: Gestüt — animal breeding place
  • German: Stall — animal breeding place
  • Hungarian: méntelep — animal breeding place
  • Hungarian: ménes — animal breeding place
  • Macedonian: е́ргела (érgela) — animal breeding place
  • Norwegian: stutteri — animal breeding place
  • Polish: stadnina — animal breeding place
  • Portuguese: caudelaria — animal breeding place
  • Portuguese: haras — animal breeding place
  • Russian: заво́д (zavód) — animal breeding place
  • Spanish: criadero — animal breeding place
  • Swedish: stuteri — animal breeding place
  • Volapük: bridöp — animal breeding place
  • Arabic: فحل (faħl) — sexually attractive male
  • Arabic: غزال (ğazāl) — sexually attractive male
  • Arabic: فحل (faħl) — sexually attractive male
  • Arabic: بوكوص (būgūṣ) — sexually attractive male
  • Arabic: جغل (jagal) — sexually attractive male
  • Sudanese Arabic: سمح (samiħ) — sexually attractive male
  • Bulgarian: жребец (žrebec) — sexually attractive male
  • Danish: tyr — sexually attractive male
  • Dutch: Dekhengst — sexually attractive male
  • Finnish: sonni — sexually attractive male
  • Finnish: ori — sexually attractive male
  • German: Hengst — sexually attractive male
  • Greek: καμάκι (kamáki) — sexually attractive male
  • Hebrew: סוס (sus) — sexually attractive male
  • Hebrew: חתיך (khatikh) — sexually attractive male
  • Hungarian: kan — sexually attractive male
  • Hungarian: jó pasi — sexually attractive male
  • Icelandic: foli — sexually attractive male
  • Lithuanian: eržilas — sexually attractive male
  • Macedonian: па́стув (pástuv) — sexually attractive male
  • Polish: przystojniak — sexually attractive male
  • Polish: ciacho — sexually attractive male
  • Portuguese: garanhão — sexually attractive male
  • Romanian: armăsar — sexually attractive male
  • Russian: жеребе́ц (žerebéc) — sexually attractive male
  • Spanish: galán — sexually attractive male
  • Spanish: garañón — sexually attractive male
  • Spanish: semental — sexually attractive male
  • Spanish: mango — sexually attractive male
  • Spanish: potro — sexually attractive male
  • Spanish: machorro — sexually attractive male
  • Spanish: papichulo — sexually attractive male
  • Swedish: hingst — sexually attractive male
  • Turkish: tosun — sexually attractive male
  • Bulgarian: кабър (kabǎr) — small object protruding from something
  • Catalan: tatxot — small object protruding from something
  • Czech: cvoček — small object protruding from something
  • Danish: knop — small object protruding from something
  • Danish: dup — small object protruding from something
  • Finnish: nysty — small object protruding from something
  • Finnish: niitti — small object protruding from something
  • Finnish: nasta — small object protruding from something
  • French: clou — small object protruding from something
  • German: Spike — small object protruding from something
  • German: Stollen — small object protruding from something
  • German: Stift — small object protruding from something
  • German: Niete — small object protruding from something
  • German: Stutzen — small object protruding from something
  • German: Zapfen — small object protruding from something
  • German: Nippel — small object protruding from something
  • German: Knauf — small object protruding from something
  • German: Bolzen — small object protruding from something
  • German: Stehbolzen — small object protruding from something
  • German: Noppe — small object protruding from something
  • German: Buckel — small object protruding from something
  • Hungarian: szegecs — small object protruding from something
  • Hungarian: pecek — small object protruding from something
  • Hungarian: pöcök — small object protruding from something
  • Hungarian: stopli — small object protruding from something
  • Macedonian: кли́нец (klínec) — small object protruding from something
  • Macedonian: ни́тна (nítna) — small object protruding from something
  • Polish: ćwiek — small object protruding from something
  • Russian: шип (šip) — small object protruding from something
  • Scottish Gaelic: tarag — small object protruding from something
  • Spanish: estoperol — small object protruding from something
  • Spanish: tachón — small object protruding from something
  • Spanish: tachuela — small object protruding from something
  • Swedish: knopp — small object protruding from something
  • Swedish: nit — small object protruding from something
  • Swedish: dobb — small object protruding from something
  • Turkish: çivi — small object protruding from something
  • Turkish: diken — small object protruding from something
  • Catalan: arracada — small round earring
  • Czech: cvoček — small round earring
  • Danish: ørestikke — small round earring
  • French: boucle d'oreille — small round earring
  • Galician: brinco — small round earring
  • German: Ohrstecker — small round earring
  • German: Nasenstecker — small round earring
  • German: Piercing — small round earring
  • Hungarian: fülbevaló — small round earring
  • Hungarian: pontfülbevaló — small round earring
  • Polish: kolczyk — small round earring
  • Russian: пуссе́т (pussét) — small round earring
  • Russian: пуссе́та (pusséta) — small round earring
  • Russian: гво́здик (gvózdik) — small round earring
  • Spanish: arracada — small round earring
  • Albanian: furkë — vertical post
  • Catalan: pal — vertical post
  • Catalan: columna — vertical post
  • Dutch: stijl — vertical post
  • Finnish: pilari — vertical post
  • German: Ständer — vertical post
  • German: Stiel — vertical post
  • German: Stütze — vertical post
  • German: Pfosten — vertical post
  • German: Holzständer — vertical post
  • German: Holzstütze — vertical post
  • Hungarian: oszlopfa — vertical post
  • Hungarian: rúdfa — vertical post
  • Macedonian: ди́рек (dírek) — vertical post
  • Macedonian: ко́лец (kólec) — vertical post
  • Māori: pou — vertical post
  • Māori: turupou — vertical post
  • Māori: tautari — vertical post
  • Māori: tūmatahuki — vertical post
  • Māori: tūmatakahuki — vertical post
  • Portuguese: montante — vertical post
  • Russian: сто́йка (stójka) — vertical post
  • Russian: кося́к (kosják) — vertical post
  • Russian: столб (stolb) — vertical post
  • Lower Sorbian: stojak — vertical post
  • Spanish: poste — vertical post
  • Spanish: columna — vertical post
  • Spanish: cadena — vertical post
  • Bulgarian: щифт (štift) — short rod or pin
  • Bulgarian: шип (šip) — short rod or pin
  • German: Bolzen — short rod or pin
  • German: Stehbolzen — short rod or pin
  • German: Tragbolzen — short rod or pin
  • German: Stift — short rod or pin
  • German: Stutzen — short rod or pin
  • German: Bundbolzen — short rod or pin
  • German: Stiftschraube — short rod or pin
  • German: Gewindebolzen — short rod or pin
  • German: Radbolzen — short rod or pin
  • German: Achsbolzen — short rod or pin
  • Hungarian: pecek — short rod or pin
  • Hungarian: csap — short rod or pin
  • Polish: sztyft — short rod or pin
  • Russian: штифт (štift) — short rod or pin
  • Russian: шпи́лька (špílʹka) — short rod or pin
  • Russian: сте́ржень (stérženʹ) — short rod or pin