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# stud

«stud» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small piece of metal or plastic sticking out of a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a stud, studs); verb (stud, studs, studded, studding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A stud is a small piece of metal or plastic sticking out of a surface, like the studs on football boots or on a jacket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/#m1)

2) A stud is a small earring that sits on the earlobe without hanging down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/#m2)

3) A stud is a farm where horses are kept for breeding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/#m3)

4) To be studded with something is to be covered with many small bits of it, like a sky studded with stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/#m4)

5) A stud can also be the whole group of horses kept together for breeding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and sports, football and rugby boots have studs to grip the grass. In everyday life, people wear stud earrings. In building, a stud is an upright wooden beam inside a wall. In stories and poems, «a crown studded with jewels».

### examples

- My football boots have twelve studs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/#x1)
- She wears tiny silver studs in her ears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/#x2)
- Clean the mud out of your studs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/#x3)
- The jacket was covered in metal studs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/#x4)
- The night sky was studded with stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/#x5)
- The racehorse came from a famous stud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/#x6)
- The crown was studded with rubies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/#x7)
- Nothing now remained to be done but to drive the whole stud to the emperor’s court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/#x8)

### note

Countable noun; the verb doubles the d: «studded». Do not confuse with «study» or «student». Studs on boots help grip, but should not be worn indoors on smooth floors where they slip and scratch.

### In the corpora

- [Since 1958 LEGO bricks have used the same stud-and-tube fit, so very old bricks still click onto new ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/7/)
- [We will make thee circlets of gold with studs of silver.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stud» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stud/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.