different between nail vs stud

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?l, IPA^(key): /ne?l/, [ne???]
• Rhymes: -e?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English nail, nayl, Old English næ?l, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz (compare Saterland Frisian Nail (“nail”), West Frisian neil, Low German Nagel, Dutch nagel, German Nagel, Danish negl, Swedish nagel), from Proto-Indo-European *h?nog?- (“nail”) (compare Irish ionga, Latin unguis, Albanian nyell (“ankle, hard part of a limb”), Lithuanian nagas, Russian ????? (nogá, “foot, leg”), ??????? (nógot?, “nail”), Ancient Greek ???? (ónux), Persian ????? (nâxon), Sanskrit ?? (nakhá)).

Noun

nail (plural nails)

1. The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.

2. The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
3. The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
4. The claw of a bird or other animal.
5. A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
6. A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
7. An archaic English unit of length equivalent to ¹?₂₀ of an ell or ¹?₁₆ of a yard (2+¹?₄ inches or 5.715 cm).

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• claw
• talon

Etymology 2

From Middle English naylen, from Old English næ?lan.

Verb

nail (third-person singular simple present nails, present participle nailing, simple past and past participle nailed)

1. (transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.

   Synonyms: pin, rivet, screw; see also Thesaurus:join

2. (intransitive) To drive a nail.

   Synonym: hammer

3. (transitive) To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.

   • The rivets of their arms were nail'd with gold.

4. (slang) To catch.

   Synonyms: arrest, collar, nick; see also Thesaurus:capture
5. (transitive, slang) To expose as a sham.
6. (transitive, slang) To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.

   Synonyms: ace, fullbring, fulfill

7. (transitive, slang) To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
8. (transitive, vulgar, slang) Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.

   Synonyms: dick, pound, rail, screw; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
9. To spike, as a cannon.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Crabb to this entry?)

10. (transitive) To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.

    Synonyms: clinch, fix, lock down, pin down

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia disambiguation page on both meanings of nail
• Wikipedia disambiguation page on spike
• Nail in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• I-lan, INLA, Ilan, LNAI, Lain, Lani, Lian, Lina, Nila, anil, lain

Bouyei

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?i??/

Etymology 1

Noun

nail

1. grandmother

Etymology 2

Noun

nail

1. snow
2. ice

Middle English

Noun

nail

1. Alternative form of nayl

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nai?l/

Noun

nail

1. Nasal mutation of dail.

Mutation

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English stood, stod, from Old English st?d, from Proto-Germanic *st?d?. Cognate with Middle Low German st?t, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð.

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?d, IPA^(key): /st?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

stud (plural studs)

1. A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.

   Synonym: sire

2. A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
3. (by extension, collective) A group of such animals.
4. An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
5. A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
   • 1673, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, An Essay upon the Advancement of Trade in Ireland

     In the studs of persons of quality in Ireland, where care is taken, […] we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigour, and size.

6. (colloquial) A sexually attractive male; also a lover in great demand.

   Synonyms: he-man, hunk, stallion

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Old English studu.

Noun

stud (plural studs)

1. A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
2. (jewelry) A small round earring.

3. (construction) A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
4. (obsolete) A stem; a trunk.

   • Seest not this same hawthorn stud?

5. (poker) A type of poker where an individual cannot throw cards away and some of her cards are exposed.

   Synonym: stud poker
6. (engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
7. (engineering) A stud bolt.
8. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

Derived terms

• studded

Translations

Verb

stud (third-person singular simple present studs, present participle studding, simple past and past participle studded)

1. To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
2. To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
3. To set (something) over a surface at intervals.
   • 2010, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Rose's Heavenly Cakes:

     Stud the cake all over with chocolate chips, pointed ends in.

Etymology 3

Noun

stud (plural studs)

1. Clipping of student.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• Dust, UDTs, dust, duts

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stud? (“cold, shame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?stut]

Noun

stud m

1. shame (uncomfortable or painful feeling)

Related terms

• nestoudný m
• nestydatý m
• ostuda f
• ostudný m
• styd?t se
• stydký m

Further reading

• stud in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• stud in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sd?u?ð], [?sd?uð?]
• Rhymes: -u??ð

Noun

stud c (singular definite studen, plural indefinite stude)

1. bullock, steer
2. boor, oaf

Declension

References

• “stud” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Noun

stud m (plural studs, diminutive studje n)

1. colloquial (in the Netherlands) abbreviation of student

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /styd/

Noun

stud m (plural studs)

1. stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
2. assembly of horses for sale or racing

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stud?.

Noun

st?d f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (expressively) cold

Declension