stud

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Noun

1. A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
2. A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
3. A group of broodmares or other animals kept for breeding.
4. A group of locomotives
5. An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
   • at stud
6. A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
7. A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
8. A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.

Noun

1. A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
   • a collar with studs
2. A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.
   • She's wearing studs in her ears.
3. 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.
4. A cleat on a shoe.
5. A stem; a trunk.
6. A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.
7. A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
8. A stud bolt.
9. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

Verb

1. To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
2. To decorate as a stud does.
3. To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
4. To set (something) over a surface at intervals.

Noun

1. Clipping of student.

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