sty

sty ¹

 (stī)

n. pl. sties (stīz)

A pigsty.

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[Middle English, from Old English stig.]

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sty ²

also stye  (stī)

n. pl. sties also styes (stīz)

Inflammation of one or more sebaceous glands of an eyelid.

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

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sty

(staɪ)

n, pl sties

1. (Agriculture) a pen in which pigs are housed and fed

2. any filthy or corrupt place

vb, sties, stying or stied

(Agriculture) to enclose or be enclosed in a sty

[Old English stig; related to Old Norse stīa pen, fold, Old High German stīga, Middle Dutch stije]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

sty¹

(staɪ)

n., pl. sties, n.

1. an enclosure for swine; pigpen.

2. a filthy place or abode.

v.t.

3. to keep or lodge in or as if in a sty.

v.i.

4. to live in or as if in a sty.

[before 1000; Old English stī in stī-fearh sty-pig, probably identical with stig- in stigweard steward]

sty²

or stye

(staɪ)

n., pl. sties or styes.

a circumscribed abscess caused by bacterial infection of the glands on the edge of the eyelid; hordeolum.

[1610–20; by false division of Middle English styanye sty (styan (Old English stīgend sty, literally, rising) + ye eye), taken to be sty on eye]

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sty

Past participle: stied
Gerund: stying

Imperative

sty

sty

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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

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Translations

زَريبَة خنازير

ječné zrnoprasečí chlívek

bygkorngrisesti

Schweinestall

écurieétableorgeletporcherie

stíavogrís

porcile

cūkkūtsmiežagrauds

свинарникхлевячмень

stegestiga

arpacıkdomuz ahırı

猪圈猪栏

sty

¹ [staɪ] N

1. [of pigs] → pocilga f, chiquero m (S. Cone)

2. (fig) → pocilga f, leonera f

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sty

² stye [staɪ] N (Med) → orzuelo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sty

[ˈstaɪ] n (= pigsty) → porcherie f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sty

n (lit, fig) → Schweinestall m

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sty(e)

n (Med) → Gerstenkorn nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sty

¹ [staɪ] n (for pigs) → porcile m

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sty

² stye [staɪ] n (Med) → orzaiolo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sty¹

(stai) noun

a pigsty. hok زَريبَة خنازير кочина pocilga prasečí chlívek der Schweinestall grisesti χοιροστάσιοpocilga, zahúrda sealaut خوك داني sikolätti porcherie דִיר सुअर बाड़ा svinjac, kotac disznóól kandang babi stía porcile 豚小屋 돼지우리 kiaulidė cūkkūts kandang babi stalgrisebingechlew غولنکی، د خوګانو شپول pocilga cocină свинарник prasačí chlievik svinjak svinjac svinstia คอกหมู domuz ahırı 豬欄(圈) свинарник سؤر باڑہ chuồng heo 猪栏（圈）

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sty²,

stye

(stai) – plurals sties ~styes – noun

a small inflamed swelling on the eyelid. karkatjie وَدْقَه، شَحّاد العَيْن ечемик (на окото) terçol ječné zrno das Gerstenkorn bygkorn κριθαράκι του ματιού orzuelo odraiva گل مژه näärännäppy orgelet “שְׂעוֹרָה” בָּעַיִן विलनी, आंख के किनारे की फुंसी, गुंहाजनी ječmenac (na oku) árpa timbil vogrís orzaiolo ものもらい 다래끼 miežis miežagrauds ketumbit strontjestijęczmień غولنه terçol urcior ячмень jačmeň ječmen na očesu čmičak vagel โรคตากุ้งยิง arpacık 麥粒腫 ячмінь پھنسی جو پلک کے نیچے نکل آتی ہے cái lẹo 麦粒肿，睑腺炎

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sty

, stye

n. orzuelo, condición inflamatoria de las glándulas sebáceas del párpado.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

sty, stye

n (pl styes) orzuelo, perrilla (Mex, fam)

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