stud
noun
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
studded
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past participleof stud.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof stud.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
studnouna boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
Example Sentences
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One Swiss visitor recorded Elizabeth as “most lavishly attired in a gown of pure white satin, gold-embroidered, with a whole bird of paradise for panache, set forward on her head studded with costly jewels.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
But the idea that future generations will inherit my studded Prada Buffalo Easy bag to remember me by makes me laugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Under a chaotic canopy woven with vines and studded with fearsome spiked stems, the group crossed streams, waded through mud and picked off dozens of leeches.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Their lead single “Fabienk” is studded with hair-trigger riffs — if you can even call them that — that mix the playful nursery rhyme melodies of Battles with the no-wave drone of Sonic Youth.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
The rest of Flo’s body, covered with the studded armor, rips through the spiky plants on her sides.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
