stied or styed; stying
: to lodge or keep in a sty
: to live in a sty
variants
or stye
plural sties or styes
: an inflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland at the margin of an eyelid
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Noun (1)
"That house is such a sty that I'm never setting foot in there again," she said with a shudder
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Noun
The designation will bring international recognition to the sties, which aren’t well known even to many Ohioans.
—Susan Glaser, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
We're admittedly smitten with this stage-to-sty story, which is apparently a sequel.
—Country Living, 7 Sep. 2022
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“Sty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sty. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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sty
2 of 2 noun
variants
or stye
ˈstī
plural sties or styes
: a painful red swelling of a skin gland on the edge of an eyelid
Etymology
Noun
Old English stig "a pen for swine"
Noun
a shortened form of obsolete styan "a painful swelling of a gland on the edge of the eyelid," from Old English stīgend (same meaning), from stīgan "to rise up"
Medical Definition
sty
noun
variants
or stye
plural sties or styes
: an inflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland at the margin of an eyelid
called also hordeolum
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