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Meanings of
sty
in English
Portuguese
hordéolo
Catalan
mussol
Spanish
orzuelo
Back to the meaning
An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
stye
hordeolum
eye infection
Portuguese
hordéolo
Portuguese
pocilgas
Catalan
porcellera
Spanish
zahurda
Back to the meaning
A pen for swine.
pigsty
pigpen
Portuguese
pocilgas
Synonyms
Examples for "
stye
"
stye
hordeolum
eye infection
Examples for "
stye
"
1
That cursed reek of yours would kill a hog of the
stye
.
2
Here is an attempt to be rid of a
stye
in the eye.
3
To the watchers by the
stye
the moments seemed intolerable.
4
You'd be better in the
stye
along with the pigs!
5
Conventional remedy: What you describe sounds like a
stye
.
1
STYE
(
HORDEOLUM
)
.
-
This
is
a swelling beginning in a gland or glands at the edge of the lid and pus forms finally.
1
One patient in the lanolin eye ointment group had an
eye
infection
.
2
Quinonez barely ate during her ordeal and picked up an
eye
infection
.
3
Shingles and its tendency to lead to serious
eye
infection
and double vision.
4
These days Tobias has lost the face-paint -it eventually gave him an
eye
infection
.
5
My
eye
infection
had worsened, and I could barely see out of my right
eye
.
Usage of
sty
in English
1
Then she opened the doors of the
sty
and waved her wand.
2
I'd rather sleep in a
sty
than stay in this stinking place.
3
Two boys were approaching the
sty
,
respect and caution in every step.
4
The tent was a mere gipsy hovel, like a
sty
for pigs.
5
What chance had a young life in such a
sty
of filth?
6
A host of piglets rooted about three huge sows in the
sty
.
7
It was an old taxicab that he had converted into a
sty
.
8
Our ancient house pulled down and made a
sty
for those hogs!
9
And the girls heard the hungry grunting of a pig in its
sty
.
10
It was like the pigs in the
sty
at feeding time-squealing-jostling
11
Go out, child, and put up the pig in the
sty
.
12
Olaf drew back to the far corner of the pig
sty
.
13
Marc'antonio must have unpenned the hogs; for the
sty
was empty.
14
No amount of lipstick has been able to elevate it from the
sty
.
15
There they lie amid the filth, like hogs in a
sty
.
16
Ed thought it would be better to call it the
sty
.
Other examples for "sty"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
sty
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
own sty
filthy sty
have a sty
separate sty
tessellate sty
More collocations
Translations for
sty
Portuguese
hordéolo
terçol
pocilgas
pocilga
chiqueiro
aprisco
Catalan
mussol
porcellera
cort de porcs
baconera
Spanish
orzuelo
infección ocular
zahurda
pocilga
cochinera
Sty
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Sty
across language varieties
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