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Sty Meaning in English

word

ˈstaɪ
STY
stˈaɪ
STY

التعريف

A sty is a small painful bump near the edge of your eyelid caused by infection, or a dirty area where pigs are kept.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Sty' has two main meanings: an eye infection (medical) and a pig's pen (farm). As an insult, it can mean any very dirty place. The eye problem is countable ('a sty'), while in the farm sense, 'sty' often appears as 'pigsty'.

جمل نموذجية

I have a sty on my eyelid and it hurts.

basic

The pigs sleep in a sty behind the barn.

basic

This room is such a sty! Please clean it up.

basic

He got a sty after rubbing his eyes with dirty hands.

natural

My parents say I keep my room like a sty when I don't clean it.

natural

Let’s fix up the pig sty before the big farm party.

natural