What does sty mean?
Sty means A pen or enclosure for swine..
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/staɪ/ · noun
A pen or enclosure for swine..
To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.
and here you sty me In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me The rest o' the island
The beast impatient of his smarting wound, / And of so fierce and forcible despight, / Thought with his wings to stye aboue the ground [...].
From this lower tract he dared to stie up to the clowdes.
Led along, as some Creatures are, by the Noses, and voluntarily hood-winked; or like seeled Doves, sty up, you know not whither, nor how far.
That she might sty to the seat of Beatifick Mirth.
Use sty when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sty means A pen or enclosure for swine..
Common synonyms include pigpen, pigsty, hovel, stye.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.
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