1. plural of sty: small painful bumps on the eyelid caused by bacterial infection of an oil gland
Usage: medical
2. plural of sty: enclosures where pigs are kept

Examples

• The doctor treated both styes with antibiotic ointment.
• She had to miss work because the styes on her eyelids were too painful.
• The farmer cleaned out the styes every morning.
• The pigs were moved to cleaner styes after the inspection.
• Warm compresses can help reduce the swelling of styes.
• The old barn had three separate styes for different groups of pigs.