From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
study
n 1: a detailed critical inspection [syn: survey, study]
2: applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject
(especially by reading); "mastering a second language
requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in
interior design" [syn: study, work]
3: a written document describing the findings of some individual
or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and
Dale" [syn: report, study, written report]
4: a state of deep mental absorption; "she is in a deep study"
5: a room used for reading and writing and studying; "he knocked
lightly on the closed door of the study"
6: a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his
doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their
subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" [syn:
discipline, subject, subject area, subject field,
field, field of study, study, bailiwick]
7: preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several
studies before starting to paint" [syn: sketch, study]
8: attentive consideration and meditation; "after much
cogitation he rejected the offer" [syn: cogitation,
study]
9: someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a
part in a play); "he is a quick study"
10: a composition intended to develop one aspect of the
performer's technique; "a study in spiccato bowing"
v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to
discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet
by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal
trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: analyze,
analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas]
2: be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an
institute of learning
3: give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of
moving" [syn: study, consider]
4: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the
bar exam" [syn: learn, study, read, take]
5: learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room";
"I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now" [syn:
study, hit the books]
6: think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He
is meditating in his study" [syn: study, meditate,
contemplate]