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A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
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A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
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A group of broodmares or other animals kept for breeding.broadlycollective
- The King (then) went forth to visit the stud of broodmares, and the stables of the young steeds, he saw that they had famished them.
- When I was a kid-about ten -my friend's grandfather, John Stone, had a stud of cocks.
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A group of locomotivesbroadlycollective
- 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.
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An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
- at stud
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A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
- In the studs of persons of quality in Ireland, where care is taken, […]we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigour, and size.
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A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.colloquial
- 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.
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A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.slang
- Down and lonely stud, 23 years old, wants comfort from sweet-hearted fem.
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A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
- a collar with studs
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A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.
- She's wearing studs in her ears.
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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.
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A cleat on a shoe.
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A stem; a trunk.obsolete
- Seest not this same hawthorn stud?
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A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.
- At an old saloon on a street of mud / There at a table, dealing stud / Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me "Sue"
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A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
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A stud bolt.
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An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
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To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
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To decorate as a stud does.
- The fruit [of Loranthus vestitus] is yellowish and fleshy, and is almost sessile on the stem, which it thickly studs.
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To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
- [S]eemingly countless young hot stars stud the entire huge central region[.]
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To set (something) over a surface at intervals.
- Stud the cake all over with chocolate chips, pointed ends in.
- Stud the onion with cloves and add to the pan.
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Clipping of student.abbreviationalt-ofclipping