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Dyke (noun)
A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.
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Dyke (noun)
A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
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Dyke (noun)
Any navigable watercourse.
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Dyke (noun)
Any watercourse.
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Dyke (noun)
Any small body of water.
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Dyke (noun)
Any hollow dug into the ground.
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Dyke (noun)
A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
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Dyke (noun)
An embankment formed by the creation of a ditch.
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Dyke (noun)
A city wall.
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Dyke (noun)
A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.
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Dyke (noun)
Any fence or hedge.
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Dyke (noun)
An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
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Dyke (noun)
Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty.
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Dyke (noun)
A beaver’s dam.
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Dyke (noun)
A jetty; a pier.
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Dyke (noun)
A raised causeway.
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Dyke (noun)
A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault.
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Dyke (noun)
A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.
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Dyke (noun)
A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or macho traits or behavior.
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Dyke (verb)
To dig, particularly to create a ditch.
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Dyke (verb)
To surround with a ditch, to entrench.
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Dyke (verb)
To surround with a low dirt or stone wall.
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Dyke (verb)
To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river.
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Dyke (verb)
To scour a watercourse.
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Dyke (verb)
To steep [fibers] within a watercourse.
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Stud (noun)
A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
“sire”
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Stud (noun)
A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
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Stud (noun)
A group of such animals.
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Stud (noun)
An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
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Stud (noun)
A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
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Stud (noun)
A sexually attractive male; also a lover in great demand.
“he-man|hunk”
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Stud (noun)
A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
“a collar with studs”
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Stud (noun)
A small round earring.
“She’s wearing studs in her ears.”
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Stud (noun)
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.
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Stud (noun)
A stem; a trunk.
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Stud (noun)
A type of poker where an individual cannot throw cards away and some of her cards are exposed (also stud poker).
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Stud (noun)
A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
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Stud (noun)
A stud bolt.
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Stud (noun)
An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
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Stud (noun)
abbreviation of student
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Stud (verb)
To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
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Stud (verb)
To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
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Stud (verb)
To set (something) over a surface at intervals.
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Stud (noun)
a large-headed piece of metal that pierces and projects from a surface, especially for decoration.
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Stud (noun)
an item of jewellery in the form of a piece of metal, precious stone, or other ornament attached to a pin or shaft that passes through a piercing in the body
“she wore a pair of gold studs”
“he had studs in his nose and lower lip”
“diamond stud earrings”
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Stud (noun)
a fastener consisting of two buttons joined with a bar, used in formal wear to fasten a shirt front or to fasten a collar to a shirt
“a collar stud”
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Stud (noun)
a small projection fixed to the base of footwear, especially sports boots, to allow the wearer to grip the ground
“his knee was cut by the Grimsby striker’s studs”
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Stud (noun)
a small metal piece set into the tyre of a motor vehicle to improve roadholding in slippery conditions.
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Stud (noun)
a small object projecting slightly from a road surface as a marker
“lines of reflector studs down the middle of a motorway”
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Stud (noun)
an upright timber in the wall of a building to which laths and plasterboard are nailed
“lath and plaster on timber studs”
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Stud (noun)
the height of a room as indicated by the length of a timber wall stud.
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Stud (noun)
a rivet or crosspiece in each link of a chain cable.
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Stud (noun)
an establishment where horses or other domesticated animals are kept for breeding
“a stud farm”
“the horse was retired to stud”
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Stud (noun)
a collection of horses or other domesticated animals belonging to one person
“he kept a large stud of racehorses”
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Stud (noun)
a stallion.
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Stud (noun)
a young man thought to be very active sexually or regarded as a good sexual partner
“a rugged, hairy-chested stud”
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Stud (noun)
a form of poker in which the first card of a player’s hand is dealt face down and the others face up, with betting after each round of the deal.
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Stud (verb)
decorate or augment (something) with many studs or similar small objects
“a dagger studded with precious diamonds”
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Stud (verb)
scatter or cover (something) with many small objects or features
“the sky was clear and studded with stars”