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# stile

noun (a stile, stiles)

«stile» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A stile is a set of steps or a step over a fence or wall that lets people climb over but stops animals like sheep and cows getting through. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stile/#m1)
2. It is common on country footpaths, especially in the UK and Ireland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stile/#m2)

### In the lessons

In countryside walks and safety lessons, children climb stiles on footpaths and learn the countryside rules: close gates, keep dogs on leads near animals. In nursery rhymes: «There was a crooked man… he found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile».

### Examples

- We climbed over the stile into the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stile/#x1)
- The footpath goes over a wooden stile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stile/#x2)
- Help Grandpa over the stile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stile/#x3)
- The dog squeezed under the stile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stile/#x4)
- A stile lets walkers cross but keeps the sheep in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stile/#x5)
- «He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stile/#x6)
- Be careful: the stile is slippery when wet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stile/#x7)
- She put down the candles whilst she got over the stile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stile/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun: «a stile, stiles». Homophone: «style» (a way of doing or looking) sounds the same but has a different meaning and spelling. A «turnstile» is a turning gate at a station or stadium.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stile/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stile.html) on Mova free.