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BNC: 33725 COCA: 28816

sty

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 sty /ˈstaɪ/ noun
plural sties also styes
1 sty
/ˈstaɪ/
noun
plural sties also styes
Learner's definition of STY
[count]
: a place where pigs are kept : pigsty猪圈
informal : a dirty or messy place : pigsty肮脏的地方;凌乱的地方
compare 2sty
2 sty noun
or stye /ˈstaɪ/
plural sties or styes
2 sty
noun
or stye /ˈstaɪ/
plural sties or styes
Learner's definition of STY
[count] medical
: a painful, swollen red area on the edge of an eyelid睑腺炎;麦粒肿
compare 1sty
BNC: 33725 COCA: 28816

sty

1 of 3

noun (1)

plural sties also styes
: pigpen

sty

2 of 3

verb

stied or styed; stying

transitive verb

: to lodge or keep in a sty

intransitive verb

: to live in a sty

sty

3 of 3

noun (2)

variants or stye
plural sties or styes
: an inflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland at the margin of an eyelid

Synonyms

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English stig pen; pigpen; akin to Old Norse svīnsti pigpen

Noun (2)

short for obsolete English styan, from Middle English styanye eye with a sty, from Old English stīgend sty, from stīgan to go up, rise — more at stair

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun (2)

1617, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sty was before the 12th century
BNC: 33725 COCA: 28816

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