Meaning of stud In English

• 0 a group of animals, especially high-quality horses, kept for breeding:

  • David Grenfell runs a 170-acre stud farm in Co. Wexford, Ireland.

  • The Derby winner Generous will be put to stud at the end of the season.

• 1 a man who is considered to be attractive and skilled sexually:

  • He thinks he's a real stud.

• 2 a small nail or piece of metal, with a large, rounded top, that is attached to the surface of something, usually for decoration

• 3 a small piece of metal jewellery that is put through a part of your body such as your ear or nose:

  • gold studs

  • a nose stud

• 4 any of the small, pointed objects that stick out from the bottom of some boots and shoes used in particular sports, for example football

  • A sliding tackle with the studs up is illegal in most leagues.

• 5 a fastener made from two small flat parts joined together by a short bar, used for clothing, for example to fix collars onto shirts

• 6 a small piece of metal, many of which are attached to special tyres used for driving in the snow

• 7 a male animal kept esp. for breeding

• 8 a small, bright-colored nail, often specially shaped, that is fixed esp. to cloth or leather as decoration

• 9 a small ball fixed to a metal post that fits through a hole made in the body, esp. in the ear

• 10 any of the vertical wood or metal posts used to make the frame of a wall