Associations to the word «Sty»

Wiktionary

STY, noun. A pen or enclosure for swine.
STY, noun. (figurative) A messy, dirty or debauched place.
STY, verb. To place in, or as if in, a sty.
STY, verb. To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place.
STY, verb. (obsolete) To ascend, rise up, climb. [9th-17th c.]
STY, noun. (British) (dialectal) A ladder.
STY, noun. (disease) An inflammation of the eyelid.

Dictionary definition

STY, noun. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
STY, noun. A pen for swine.

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy