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
The small restaurant serves Somali food, and I get the same thing every time I visit: goat mendi, with fall-apart bone-in goat served over deeply seasoned rice studded with crispy bits of potato and raisins.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
In other situations, I hoped that my studded accessories would communicate to predators that I do not identify as prey.
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
One wall of the garage was studded with every imaginable size of screwdriver and drill bit, wrench head, and plenty of things I didn’t know the names of.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
