noun a stud bolt.
2. stud ·noun a stem; a trunk.
3. stud ·vt to adorn with shining studs, or knobs.
4. stud ·noun an iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
5. stud ·vt to set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs.
6. stud ·noun a kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.
7. stud ·noun a short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
8. stud ·noun a collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, ·etc.
9. stud ·noun an upright scanting, ·esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
10. stud ·noun an ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.