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STUD

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Irregular inflected forms: studded    , studding   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

stud; stud poker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stud" is a kind of...):

poker; poker game (any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand)

Domain member category:

hole card ((poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Adult male horse kept for breeding

Synonyms:

stud; studhorse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("stud" is a kind of...):

entire; stallion (uncastrated adult male horse)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An upright in house framing

Synonyms:

scantling; stud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stud" is a kind of...):

upright; vertical (a vertical structural member as a post or stake)

Holonyms ("stud" is a part of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Derivation:

stud (provide with or construct with studs)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

rivet; stud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stud" is a kind of...):

decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)

Derivation:

stud (scatter or intersperse like dots or studs)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A man who is virile and sexually active

Synonyms:

he-man; macho-man; stud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("stud" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide with or construct with studs

Example:

stud the wall

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "stud" is one way to...):

add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)

Domain category:

carpentry; woodwork; woodworking (the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

stud (an upright in house framing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

Example:

Hills constellated with lights

Synonyms:

constellate; dot; stud

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "stud" is one way to...):

continue; cover; extend (span an interval of distance, space or time)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

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

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 Context examples: 

He opened the basket, and in a minute he had the table all shining with silver and glass, and studded with dainty dishes.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The road still ascended, and we crossed a rock-studded slope which took two days to traverse.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In addition to having fun at holiday parties this month, your two very best day for love will be Tuesday, December 3, when Venus and Mars, the cosmic lovers, gaze at one another across a star-studded sky.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Their leaders were a small man, dark in the face, with his beard done up in two plaits, and another larger man, very bowed in the shoulders, with a huge club studded with sharp nails in his hand.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With joy I hurried to the window, and saw drive into the yard two great leiter-wagons, each drawn by eight sturdy horses, and at the head of each pair a Slovak, with his wide hat, great nail-studded belt, dirty sheepskin, and high boots.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

In front of them, and at the end of the road of yellow brick, was a big gate, all studded with emeralds that glittered so in the sun that even the painted eyes of the Scarecrow were dazzled by their brilliancy.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

There was a main gateway of lichen-studded stone, each side pillar surmounted by mouldering heraldic emblems, but besides this central carriage drive I observed several points where there were gaps in the hedge and paths leading through them.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Occasional brooks with pebbly bottoms and fern-draped banks gurgled down the shallow gorges in the hill, and offered good camping-grounds every evening on the banks of some rock-studded pool, where swarms of little blue-backed fish, about the size and shape of English trout, gave us a delicious supper.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The strangest figures we saw were the Slovaks, who were more barbarian than the rest, with their big cow-boy hats, great baggy dirty-white trousers, white linen shirts, and enormous heavy leather belts, nearly a foot wide, all studded over with brass nails.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Finding they were determined to go, the Winkies gave Toto and the Lion each a golden collar; and to Dorothy they presented a beautiful bracelet studded with diamonds; and to the Scarecrow they gave a gold-headed walking stick, to keep him from stumbling; and to the Tin Woodman they offered a silver oil-can, inlaid with gold and set with precious jewels.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)