stud

noun

1. Clipping of student.

verb

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English stude, from Old English studu, from Proto-West Germanic *stuþ, from Proto-Germanic *stuþs.

1. To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
2. To decorate as a stud does.

   “The fruit [of Loranthus vestitus] is yellowish and fleshy, and is almost sessile on the stem, which it thickly studs.”

3. To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.

   “[S]eemingly countless young hot stars stud the entire huge central region[.]”

4. To set (something) over a surface at intervals.

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

   “Stud the onion with cloves and add to the pan.”