sty

Meaning

Noun

1. A pen or enclosure for swine.
2. A messy, dirty or debauched place.

Verb

1. To place in, or as if in, a sty.
2. To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place.

Verb

To ascend, rise up, climb.

Concepts

sty

stye

pigpen

pigsty

outbuilding

outhouse

shed

stable

stall

hordeolum

piggery

eye infection

den

hovel

wart

cage

coop

hordeolum stye

needle hole

pinhole

pinholing

hog house

Lettish

cataract

fold

pen

cowshed

whitespace

Pronounced as (IPA)

/staɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English sty, from Old English stī, stiġ (“sty, pen, a wooden enclosure; hall”, chiefly in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *stiją. Cognate with German Stiege (“wooden crate”), dialectal German Steige (“hen-coop”), Danish sti (“sty, enclosure for swine, sheep, hens, etc.”), Swedish stia (“sty for pigs, geese, etc.”), Norwegian sti (“flock of sheep”), Icelandic stía (“a kennel”).