sty, pigsty, pigpen
(noun) a pen for swine
sty, stye, hordeolum, eye infection
(noun) an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sty (plural sties)
A pen or enclosure for swine.
(figurative) A messy, dirty or debauched place.
• (enclosure for swine): pigpen, pigsty
• (messy or dirty place): hovel, pigsty
sty (third-person singular simple present sties, present participle stying, simple past and past participle stied)
To place in, or as if in, a sty
To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place
sty (third-person singular simple present sties, present participle stying, simple past and past participle stied)
(obsolete) To ascend, rise up, climb. [9th-17th c.]
sty (plural sties)
(British, dialectal) A ladder.
sty (plural sties)
(disease) An inflammation of the eyelid.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sty, n.; pl. Sties (. [Written also stigh.] Etym: [AS. stigu, fr. stigan to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. *164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Steward.]
1. A pen or inclosure for swine.
2. A place of bestial debauchery. To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. Milton.
Sty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stied; p. pr. & vb. n. Stying.]
Definition: To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak.
Sty, v. i. Etym: [OE. stien, sti, AS. stigan to rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. stigan, G. steigen, Icel. stiga, Sw. stiga, Dan. stige, Goth. steigan, L. vestigium footstep, Gr. stigh to mount. Cf. Distich, Stair steps, Stirrup, Sty a boil, a pen for swine, Vestige.]
Definition: To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup. [Obs.] With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty, To the last praises of this Faery Queene. Spenser.
Sty, n. Etym: [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on eye, AS. stigend (sc. eáge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p.p. of stigan to rise. See Sty, v. i.] (Med.)
Definition: An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [Written also stye.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
