Sty vs. Stye

Stynoun

A pen or enclosure for swine.

Stynoun

(figurative) A messy, dirty or debauched place.

Stynoun

A ladder.

Stynoun

(disease) An inflammation of the eyelid.

Styverb

To place in, or as if in, a sty

Styverb

To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place

Styverb

(obsolete) To ascend, rise up, climb.

Stynoun

A pen or inclosure for swine.

Stynoun

A place of bestial debauchery.

Stynoun

An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.

Styverb

To shut up in, or as in, a sty.

Styverb

To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup.

Stynoun

an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid

Stynoun

a pen for swine

Sty

A sty or pigsty is a small-scale outdoor enclosure for raising domestic pigs as livestock. It is sometimes referred to as a hog pen, hog parlor, pigpen, pig parlor, or pig-cote, although pig pen may refer to pens confining pigs that are kept as pets as well.

Styenoun

(disease) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.

Styenoun

See Sty, a boil.

Styenoun

an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid

Stye

A stye, also known as a hordeolum, is a bacterial infection of an oil gland in the eyelid. This results in a red tender bump at the edge of the eyelid.