The noun study has 10 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
1. (90) survey, study -- (a detailed critical inspection)
2. (21) study, work -- (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")
3. (6) report, study, written report -- (a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale")
4. (6) study -- (a state of deep mental absorption; "she is in a deep study")
5. (6) study -- (a room used for reading and writing and studying; "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study")
6. (3) discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge -- (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")
7. (2) sketch, study -- (preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint")
8. (1) cogitation, study -- (attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer")
9. study -- (someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play); "he is a quick study")
10. study -- (a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique; "a study in spiccato bowing")
Overview of verb study
The verb study has 6 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (80) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas -- (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")
2. (18) study -- (be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning)
3. (15) study, consider -- (give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving")
4. (15) learn, study, read, take -- (be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam")
5. (5) study, hit the books -- (learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now")
6. (2) study, meditate, contemplate -- (think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study")