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sty

/staɪ/

Translations

stynoun

sties

/staɪ/

The farmer cleaned the sty every morning.

Фермер убирал свинарник каждое утро.

She had a painful sty on her eyelid.

У неё был болезненный ячмень на веке.

Synonyms

styverb

stied

Past Simple

stied

Past Participle

stying

Gerund

/staɪ/

Synonyms

lock up

stynoun

A pen or enclosure for pigs.

The farmer built a new sty to house the growing number of pigs on his farm.

A dirty or untidy place.

His room was such a sty that you could barely see the floor under all the clothes and books.

An inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid, caused by bacterial infection of the gland at the base of an eyelash.

She had to visit the doctor because the sty on her eyelid was becoming increasingly painful.

styverb

To confine (an animal, especially a pig) in a sty or other small, dirty enclosure.

The farmer styed the piglets overnight to keep them safe from predators.

To live or reside in a filthy or disorderly place.

He has been stying in that rundown cabin for years.