shy
(adjective) wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; “shy of strangers”
diffident, shy, timid, unsure
(adjective) lacking self-confidence; “stood in the doorway diffident and abashed”; “problems that call for bold not timid responses”; “a very unsure young man”
shy
(adjective) short; “eleven is one shy of a dozen”
shy
(noun) a quick throw; “he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman”
shy
(verb) throw quickly
shy
(verb) start suddenly, as from fright
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shy (comparative shier or shyer or more shy, superlative shiest or most shy)
Easily frightened; timid.
Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
Cautious; wary; suspicious.
(informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
Embarrassed.
• Often used in combination with a noun to produce an adjective or adjectival phrase.
• Adjectives are usually applicable to animals (leash-shy "shy of leashes" or head shy "shy of contact around the head" (of horses)) or to children.
• See also shy
• audacious
• bold
• brazen
• gregarious
• extroverted
• outgoing
shy (third-person singular simple present shies, present participle shying, simple past and past participle shied)
(intransitive) To avoid due to timidness or caution.
(intransitive) To jump back in fear.
(transitive) to throw sideways with a jerk; to fling
shy (plural shies)
An act of throwing.
A place for throwing.
A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
• Hys, hys, syh
Shy (plural Shys)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shy is the 15090th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1955 individuals. Shy is most common among White (51.36%) and Black/African American (39.08%) individuals.
• Hys, hys, syh
Source: Wiktionary
Shy, a. [Compar. Shier or Shyer; superl. Shiest or Shyest.] Etym: [OE. schey, skey, sceouh, AS. sceĂłh; akin to Dan. sky, Sw. skygg, D. schuw, MHG. schiech, G. scheu, OHG. sciuhen to be or make timid. Cf. Eschew.]
1. Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird. The horses of the army . . . were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting. Swift.
2. Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach. What makes you so shy, my good friend There's nobody loves you better than I. Arbuthnot. The embarrassed look of shy distress And maidenly shamefacedness. Wordsworth.
3. Cautious; wary; suspicious. I am very shy of using corrosive liquors in the preparation of medicines. Boyle. Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of thier successors. Sir H. Wotton. To fight shy. See under Fight, v. i.
Shy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shied; p. pr. & vb. n. Shying.] Etym: [From Shy, a.]
Definition: To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
Shy, v. t.
Definition: To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper. T. Hughes.
Shy, n.
1. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
2. A side throw; a throw; a fling. Thackeray. If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody. Punch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
