English Dictionary

STY (stied)

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Irregular inflected form: stied  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sty mean? 

STY (noun)
  The noun STY has 2 senses:

1. an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelidplay

2. a pen for swineplay

  Familiarity information: STY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

eye infection; hordeolum; sty; stye

Hypernyms ("sty" is a kind of...):

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A pen for swine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pigpen; pigsty; sty

Hypernyms ("sty" is a kind of...):

pen (an enclosure for confining livestock)


 Context examples 


In the village I just came from, the squire has had a pig stolen out of his sty.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

It was situated against the back of the cottage and surrounded on the sides which were exposed by a pig sty and a clear pool of water.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

One part was open, and by that I had crept in; but now I covered every crevice by which I might be perceived with stones and wood, yet in such a manner that I might move them on occasion to pass out; all the light I enjoyed came through the sty, and that was sufficient for me.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)



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