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