stud

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small projecting fastener or ornament, usually made of metal

   Each leather strap was decorated with a silver stud.

2. 2
   noun

   an upright support in the frame of a wall

   The carpenter attached the panel to a wooden stud.

3. 3
   noun

   a male animal kept for breeding

   The farm kept the stallion as a stud.

4. 4
   verb

   to cover or decorate a surface with many small objects

   Stars stud the night sky.

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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