sty[noun]Synonyms: dump, pigpen, pigsty, sink, Augean stable, cesspit, cesspool, den, pandemonium, Sodom
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sty /staɪ/
noun (
plural sties)
[countable][
Sense 1: Language: Old English;
Origin: stig]
[
Sense 2: Language: Old English;
Origin: stigend, from stigan 'to rise']
1. a place where pigs are kept
Synonym : pigsty2. (
also stye) an infected place on the edge of your
eyelid, which becomes red and swollen
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