Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sty
Participle: stied
Gerund: stying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sty |
| you | sty |
| he;she;it | sties |
| we | sty |
| you | sty |
| they | sty |
Perfect
| I | have stied |
| you | have stied |
| he;she;it | has stied |
| we | have stied |
| you | have stied |
| they | have stied |
Past
| I | stied |
| you | stied |
| he;she;it | stied |
| we | stied |
| you | stied |
| they | stied |
Pluperfect
| I | had stied |
| you | had stied |
| he;she;it | had stied |
| we | had stied |
| you | had stied |
| they | had stied |
Future
| I | will sty |
| you | will sty |
| he;she;it | will sty |
| we | will sty |
| you | will sty |
| they | will sty |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stied |
| you | will have stied |
| he;she;it | will have stied |
| we | will have stied |
| you | will have stied |
| they | will have stied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sty |
| you | sty |
| he;she;it | sty |
| we | sty |
| you | sty |
| they | sty |
Perfect
| I | have stied |
| you | have stied |
| he;she;it | have stied |
| we | have stied |
| you | have stied |
| they | have stied |
Imperfect
| I | stied |
| you | stied |
| he;she;it | stied |
| we | stied |
| you | stied |
| they | stied |
Pluperfect
| I | had stied |
| you | had stied |
| he;she;it | had stied |
| we | had stied |
| you | had stied |
| they | had stied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sty |
| you | would sty |
| he;she;it | would sty |
| we | would sty |
| you | would sty |
| they | would sty |
Perfect
| I | would have stied |
| you | would have stied |
| he;she;it | would have stied |
| we | would have stied |
| you | would have stied |
| they | would have stied |
Imperative
| you | sty |
| we | Let's sty |
| you | sty |
Verbs conjugated like 'sty'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sty'
say,
shy,
sny,
spy,
stay,
bay,
boy,
buy,
cly,
coy,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English sty, from Old English stī, stiġ (“sty, pen, a wooden enclosure; hall”, chiefly in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *stī, from Proto-Germanic *stiją.
2. 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”). See: Danish '
sti', Swedish '
stia', Icelandic '
stía'.
Verbs referencing "sty"
Swedish
stiga.
Sample Sentences
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and here you sty me In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me The rest o' the island [1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:]