Definition of "Study" :

noun: a detailed critical inspection

noun: preliminary drawing for later elaboration

noun: a room used for reading and writing and studying

"He knocked lightly on the closed door of the study."

noun: a state of deep mental absorption

"She is in a deep study."

noun: applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

"No schools offer graduate study in interior design."

noun: attentive consideration and meditation

noun: a branch of knowledge

"Anthropology is the study of human beings."

noun: a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique

"A study in spiccato bowing."

noun: a written document describing the findings of some individual or group

"This accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale."

noun: someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)

"He is a quick study."

verb: be a student of a certain subject

verb: learn by reading books

"He is studying geology in his room."

verb: be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning

verb: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

verb: think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

"He is meditating in his study."

verb: give careful consideration to