Meaning

4 senses
  1. To set with studs; to furnish with studs.

    provide with or construct 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.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. She came home with a stud in her nose.

    ruОна пришла домой с гвоздиком в носу. — sharptoothed

    deSie kam mit einem Piercing in der Nase nachhause. — Tamy

  2. Beneath the gray hair, a famous stud still lies.

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  3. The man was quite a stud and had several girlfriends.

    ruМужчина был ещё тем жеребчиком и имел несколько подружек. — Karok

    deDieser Mann war ein echter Hengst und hatte mehrere Freundinnen. — kolonjano

  4. I need a stud finder to install the towel rack.

  5. He struggled with the door-stud, but the door refused to open.

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English stude, from Old English studu, from Proto-West Germanic *stu

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

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Forms

studs, studding, studded, studded
Base formstud · to stud
3rd person singularstuds
Present participlestudding
Past simplestudded
Past participlestudded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystud
he, she, itstuds

Past simpleLesson

all personsstudded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave studded
he, she, ithas studded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stud

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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