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All 3 letters words made out of sty

sty tsy syt yst tys yts

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Definitions and meaning of sty

sty

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophone: stye

Etymology 1

From Middle English sty, from Old English stī, stiġ (“sty, pen, a wooden enclosure; hall”, chiefly in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *stiją. Cognate with German Stiege (“wooden crate”), dialectal German Steige (“hen-coop”), Danish sti (“sty, enclosure for swine, sheep, hens, etc.”), Swedish stia (“sty for pigs, geese, etc.”), Norwegian sti (“flock of sheep”), Icelandic stía (“a kennel”).

Noun

sty (plural sties or styes)

1. A pen or enclosure for swine.
2. (figurative) A messy, dirty or debauched place.

Synonyms

• (enclosure for swine): pigpen, pigsty
• (messy or dirty place): hovel, pigsty

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Translations

Verb

sty (third-person singular simple present sties, present participle stying, simple past and past participle stied)

1. (transitive) To place in, or as if in, a sty.
2. (transitive) To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place.

Etymology 2

From Middle English stien, stiȝen, stighen, from Old English stīgan (“to go; ascend, mount”), from Proto-West Germanic *stīgan, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą, from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ-. Cognate with Dutch stijgen, German steigen, Danish stige, Norwegian Bokmål stige, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish stiga, Old Norse stíga.

Alternative forms

• stee, stie, stigh, stye

Verb

sty (third-person singular simple present sties, present participle stying, simple past and past participle stied)

1. (obsolete) To ascend, rise up, climb. [9th–17th c.]

Derived terms

• styan
• stirrup

Related terms

• stile

Translations

Noun

sty (plural sties)

1. (British, dialectal) A ladder.

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English styanye, mistaken as "sty on eye" yet composed of Old English stīġend (“sty”, literally “riser”), agent noun from stīgan (“to rise”) + Middle English yë (“eye”).

Alternative forms

• stye

Noun

sty (plural sties)

1. (pathology) An inflammation of the eyelid.

Translations

Anagrams

• YTS

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English stiġ, stī, from Proto-West Germanic *stij, from Proto-Germanic *stiją.

Alternative forms

• stye, styȝe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stiː/

Noun

sty (plural styes)

1. A pigsty (pen or set of pens for pigs)
2. (rare) Any other crude dwelling or abode.

Descendants

• English: sty

References

• “stī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-08.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English stīġ, from Proto-West Germanic *stīgu, from Proto-Germanic *stīgō.

Alternative forms

• sti, stie, stiȝe, stiȝhe, stiyhe, stye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stiː/

Noun

sty (plural styes or stiȝen)

1. A path, track or street.
2. (figurative) One's chosen pathway or choices in life.
3. (figurative, rare) A short narrative.

References

• “stī(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-08.