sty (redirected from styes)

sty ¹  (st)

n. pl. sties (stz)

1. An enclosure for swine.

2. A filthy place.

tr. & intr.v. stied (std), sty·ing, sties (stz)

To shut up in or live in a sty.

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[Middle English, from Old English stig.]

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sty ² also stye  (st)

n. pl. sties also styes (stz)

Inflammation of one or more sebaceous glands of an eyelid.

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[Alteration of Middle English styanye : styan, sty (from Old English stgend, from present participle of stgan, to rise; see steigh- in Indo-European roots) + eye, ye, eye; see eye.]

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sty

Noun

pl sties a pen in which pigs are kept [Old English stīg]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sty - an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid eye infection, hordeolum, stye infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
	2.	sty - a pen for swine                       pigpen, pigsty pen - an enclosure for confining livestock

Translations

sty [staɪ] n (for pigs) → pocilga

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sty [staɪ] n [of pigs] → porcherie f

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sty [staɪ] n → Schweinestall m

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sty [staɪ] n [of pigs] → porcile m

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sty¹

n sty [stai]

a pigsty. hok زَريبَة خنازير кочина prasečí chlívek grisesti der Schweinestall χοιροστάσιο pocilga, zahúrda sealaut خوك داني sikolätti porcherie דִיר सुअर बाड़ा svinjac, kotac disznóól kandang babi stía porcile 豚小屋 돼지 우리; 누추한 집［방］ kiaulidė cūkkūts kandang babi stal grisebinge chlew pocilga cocină свинарник prasačí chlievik svinjak svinjac svinstia คอกหมู domuz ahırı 豬欄(圈) свинарник سؤر باڑہ chuồng heo 猪栏（圈）