Definition of sty - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
- His room was such a sty after the party.
2.
farmingpen or enclosure for pigs
- The farmer cleaned the sty every morning.
3.
medicalinfection of the eyelid's sebaceous gland
- She had to see a doctor for her sty.
Verb
1.
- They sty in that cluttered apartment.
2.
animal confinementtr. Rare keep pigs inside a small dirt pentr. Rare
- The farmer decided to sty the pigs before the storm..
Images of sty
messy or dirty place 
pen or enclosure for pigs
Origin of sty
Old English, stig (hall) + -y (diminutive)
Examples of sty in a sentence
Her desk was a sty of papers and books. The pigs were fed in the sty. He built a new sty for the piglets. The sty made her eyelid swell painfully. Applying a warm compress can help a sty heal. He tends to sty in his untidy dorm room.
They chose to sty in a rundown cabin. They had to sty the animals during the flood. He chose to sty the hogs for better management.
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- French:porcherie, se loger, ...
- German:Schweinestall, hausen, ...
- Italian:porcile, vivere nel disordine, ...
- Spanish:pocilga, vivir, ...
- Portuguese:pocilga, habitar, ...
- Chinese:猪圈, 居住, ...
- Japanese:豚小屋, 住む, ...
- Arabic:مَكَان قَذِر, عَاشَ في الفَوْضَى, ...
- Hebrew:דִּיר חֲזִירִים, לָגוּר בְּדִיר חֲזִירִים, ...
- Russian:свинарник, жить, ...
- Ukrainian:свинарник, жити в безладі, ...
- Hindi:सूअरबाड़ा, गंदा रहना, ...
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