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1. (n.) sty
an enclosure for swine; pigpen.
2. sty
a filthy place or abode.
3. (v.t.) sty
to keep or lodge in or as if in a sty.
4. (v.i.) sty
to live in or as if in a sty.
5. (n.) sty
a circumscribed abscess caused by bacterial infection of the glands on the edge of the eyelid; hordeolum.
Etymology: (1610–20; by false division of ME styanye sty (styan (OE stīgend sty, lit., rising) +yeeye ), taken to be sty on eye)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sty, stye, hordeolum, eye infection
an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
2. (noun) sty, pigsty, pigpen
a pen for swine
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) sty
a pen or inclosure for swine
2. (verb) sty
a place of bestial debauchery
3. (verb) sty
to shut up in, or as in, a sty
4. (verb) sty
to soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup
5. (verb) sty
an inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid
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Sense: a pigsty.
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 Afrikaans: hok |
 Arabic: زَريبَة خنازير |
 Bulgarian: кочина |
 Brazilian: pocilga |
 Czech: prasečí chlívek |
 German: der Schweinestall |
 Danish: grisesti |
 Greek: χοιροστάσιο |
 Spanish: pocilga, zahúrda |
 Estonian: sealaut |
 Farsi: خوك داني |
 Finnish: sikolätti |
 French: porcherie |
 Hebrew: דִיר |
 Hindi: सुअर बाड़ा |
 Croatian: svinjac, kotac |
 Hungarian: disznóól |
 Indonesian: kandang babi |
 Icelandic: stía |
 Italian: porcile |
 Japanese: 豚小屋 |
 Korean: 돼지우리 |
 Lithuanian: kiaulidė |
 Latvian: cūkkūts |
 Malay: kandang babi |
 Dutch: stal |
 Norwegian: grisebinge |
 Polish: chlew |
 Persian: خوك داني |
 Pashto: غولنکی، د خوګانو شپول |
 Portuguese: pocilga |
 Romanian: cocină |
 Russian: свинарник |
 Slovak: prasačí chlievik |
 Slovenian: svinjak |
 Serbian: svinjac |
 Swedish: svinstia |
 Thai: คอกหมู |
 Turkish: domuz ahırı |
 Taiwanese: 豬欄(圈) |
 Ukrainian: свинарник |
 Urdu: سؤر باڑہ |
 Vietnamese: chuồng heo |
 Chinese: 猪栏（圈） |
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