Sty
noun
A small building where pigs live.
The farmer put the pigs in the sty to give them shelter.
Often appears as...
- pig sty
- dirty as a sty
noun
An infection in the eye.
He had a red, swollen sty on his eyelid.
Often appears as...
- eye sty
- painful sty
noun
A messy or dirty place.
Her room was a sty, clothes and papers everywhere.
Often appears as...
- dirty sty
- messy sty
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
A small building where pigs live.
The farmer put the pigs in the sty to give them shelter.
Often appears as...
- pig sty
- dirty as a sty
noun
An infection in the eye.
He had a red, swollen sty on his eyelid.
Often appears as...
- eye sty
- painful sty
noun
A messy or dirty place.
Her room was a sty, clothes and papers everywhere.
Often appears as...
- dirty sty
- messy sty
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Housing
The term 'sty' often implies basic or rustic conditions for animals, not fancy.
The old sty was made of wood and had no decorations.
Pro Tip 2/3Pejorative Use
'Sty' can be used to insult a place by comparing it with a pigsty, suggesting messiness.
Your garage looks like a sty; you should clean it!
Pro Tip 3/3Idiomatic Expression
The phrase 'in a sty' can mean in a disorderly state, referencing the pig's living place.
He lived in a sty, with piles of unwashed dishes reaching the ceiling.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Housing
The term 'sty' often implies basic or rustic conditions for animals, not fancy.
The old sty was made of wood and had no decorations.
Pro Tip 2/3Pejorative Use
'Sty' can be used to insult a place by comparing it with a pigsty, suggesting messiness.
Your garage looks like a sty; you should clean it!
Pro Tip 3/3Idiomatic Expression
The phrase 'in a sty' can mean in a disorderly state, referencing the pig's living place.
He lived in a sty, with piles of unwashed dishes reaching the ceiling.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Housing
The term 'sty' often implies basic or rustic conditions for animals, not fancy.
The old sty was made of wood and had no decorations.
Pro Tip 2/3Pejorative Use
'Sty' can be used to insult a place by comparing it with a pigsty, suggesting messiness.
Your garage looks like a sty; you should clean it!
Pro Tip 3/3Idiomatic Expression
The phrase 'in a sty' can mean in a disorderly state, referencing the pig's living place.
He lived in a sty, with piles of unwashed dishes reaching the ceiling.
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A brief history of...
Chinese dynasties of the same period also had private and public toilets, except their waste was immediately recycled. Most household toilets fed into pig sties, and specialized excrement collectors gathered waste from public latrines to sell as fertilizer.
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Felix Dennis' odes to...
I wined them and dined them, like pigs in a sty. We feasted and reveled and rutted in muck, Forgetting our peril, forgetting to duck, Forgetting times arrows are sharper than knives.
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Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
surrounded by lions at the moment folks see look at that so weird lad vessel type of thing very hard to explain but the I have on a little bit of a sty or something
Video examples
A brief history of...
Chinese dynasties of the same period also had private and public toilets, except their waste was immediately recycled. Most household toilets fed into pig sties, and specialized excrement collectors gathered waste from public latrines to sell as fertilizer.
Video examples
Felix Dennis' odes to...
I wined them and dined them, like pigs in a sty. We feasted and reveled and rutted in muck, Forgetting our peril, forgetting to duck, Forgetting times arrows are sharper than knives.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
surrounded by lions at the moment folks see look at that so weird lad vessel type of thing very hard to explain but the I have on a little bit of a sty or something
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Eugene O'Neill
American Dramatist
One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.
Quote examples
Eugene O'Neill
American Dramatist
One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.
Example 1 of 1
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