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Meanings of stud in English

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Removable decorative closure for clothing.

Portuguese
macho
Catalan
fort
Spanish
macho

A man who is virile and sexually active.

macho
No examples available for any of the synonyms
Spanish
tachonar

Scatter or intersperse like dots or studs.

tachonar
Catalan
tatxa

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

tatxa
Usage of stud in English
1
It was not easy being a stud growing up in South Africa.
The South African
2
The gentleman with the pearl stud looked appealingly at the Naval Attache.
Ranson's Folly
3
Next day is for exploring the picturesque towns that stud the area.
News.com.au
4
The stud is controlled by new Smurfit Kappa chief executive Tony Smurfit.
The Irish Times
5
He held up the gold back-stud he had found in the sand.
Amagansett
6
That horse, Peninsula, was sold to stud for sixty million US dollars.
Silks
7
Some said Erm was shooting morphine he'd won in a stud game.
The marrowbone marble company
8
In the present stud … In the closely related C. neoformans var.
Pubmed
9
He only reached out and pressed the stud to accept the call.
Changer of Worlds
10
And she won more often at stud-horse poker than at draw poker.
Private life
11
I'd like to run a stud for two-leggers; they want proper breeding.
Beyond
12
An owner was free to run his stud in his own way.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
13
In the left one she just barely sees a tiny diamond stud.
Snow Crash
14
Then halfway through the morning, the message stud flashed on Vivian's belt.
A Tale of Time City
15
The stud might be mean, harder to handle even than the gelding.
Ride Proud, Rebel!
16
The whole stud of horses- adozenor fifteen-layroasting on the embers.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 / A Magazin...
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Stud through the time
Stud across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common