sty
21sty — English has two distinct words sty. The ‘pig enclosure’ [OE] is not recorded for certain as an independent word before the 13th century, but it occurs in compounds in Old English, and it is probably the same word as Old English stig ‘hall’… …
22sty — English has two distinct words sty. The ‘pig enclosure’ [OE] is not recorded for certain as an independent word before the 13th century, but it occurs in compounds in Old English, and it is probably the same word as Old English stig ‘hall’… …
23Sty — A sty or pigsty is a small scale outdoor enclosure for raising pigs. It is sometimes referred to as a pigpen, pig parlor, or pig cote. Pigsties are generally fenced areas of bare dirt and/or mud. Both sty and pigpen are used as derogatory… …
24sty — UK [staɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms sty : singular sty plural sties 1) a small building where pigs are kept on a farm 2) sty or stye an infection of the eyelid that makes it red and painful …
25sty — 1. n. & v. n. (pl. sties) 1 a pen or enclosure for pigs. 2 a filthy room or dwelling. 3 a place of debauchery. v.tr. & intr. (sties, stied) lodge in a sty. Etymology: OE sti, prob. = stig hall (cf. STEWARD), f. Gmc 2. n. (also stye) (pl …
26sty — 1. noun /staɪ/ a) A pen or enclosure for swine. b) A messy or dirty place. Syn: pig pen, pigsty, hovel 2 …
27sty — sty1 noun (plural sties) a pigsty. verb (sties, stying, stied) archaic keep (a pig) in a sty. Origin OE stī (in stīfearh sty pig ), prob. identical with stig hall (see steward), of Gmc origin. sty2 (also stye …
28sty — n. 1. Hog sty, pig sty, swine pen. 2. Tumor (on the edge of the eyelid). 3. Place of debauchery, sink of corruption. 4. Filthy place, den, sink, Augean stable, slum, rookery …
29sty — I. /staɪ / (say stuy) noun (plural sties) 1. a pen or enclosure for pigs. 2. any filthy abode. 3. a place of bestial debauchery. –verb (stied, stying) –verb (t) 4. to keep or lodge in or as in a sty. –verb (i) 5. to live in or as in a sty.… …
30STY — semantic type [UMLS] * * * sty or stye stī n, pl sties or styes an inflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland at the margin of an eyelid called also hordeolum * * * (sti) pl. sties. Hordeolum …
