studded

1. 1
   adjective

   Fitted with studs, such as the metal knobs on a leather jacket or the spikes on a winter tire.

   The band walked on stage in studded leather jackets and heavy boots.

   Some states allow studded snow tires only during the winter months.

2. 2
   adjectivefigurativelyin compounds

   In compounds, having or containing many of the thing named.

   Their honeymoon took them along a castle-studded stretch of the Rhine.

   Her lecture was a quotation-studded tour through the poet's letters.

   Similardotted, filled

   Note

   Almost always the second half of a compound, with the first half naming what lies scattered thickly over something: an island-studded lake, a castle-studded stretch of river, a quotation-studded lecture. Star-studded does double duty, for a night sky and for a gala crowded with celebrities. Before a noun the compound takes a hyphen.

3. 3
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of stud.

   The jeweler studded the band with a row of tiny diamonds.

   Wildflowers studded the hillside after the spring rains.

   Note

   The final d doubles before -ed, as in nodded and padded. The verb works from either end: a jeweler studded the band with diamonds, setting things in place, while wildflowers studded the hillside, with the scattered things themselves as subject. After be it usually takes with, as in a door studded with nails, which brings it close to the adjective for things with studs.

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