What does "study" mean?

Additional senses

1. 2.Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration. The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study. Law. The proper study of mankind is man. Pope.
2. 3.A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work. "His cheery little study." Hawthorne.
3. 4.(Fine Arts) A representation or rendering of any object or scene intended, not for exhibition as an original work of art, but for the information, instruction, or assistance of the maker; as, a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture.
4. 5.(Mus.) A piece for special practice. See Etude.
5. 6.To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder. Chaucer. I found a moral first, and then studied for a fable. Swift.
6. 7.To apply the mind to books or learning. Shak.
7. 8.To endeavor diligently; to be zealous. 1 Thes. iv.
8. 9.1. To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages.
9. 10.To consider attentively; to examine closely; as, to study the work of nature. Study thyself; what rank or what degree The wise Creator has ordained for thee. Dryden.
10. 11.To form or arrange by previous thought; to con over, as in committing to memory; as, to study a speech.
11. 12.To make an object of study; to aim at sedulously; to devote one's thoughts to; as, to study the welfare of others; to study variety in composition. For their heart studieth destruction. Prov. xxiv. 2.