Shy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Shy	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Shy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shy adj lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man" Synonym(s): diffident, shy, timid, unsure Antonym(s): confident short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen" wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers" n a quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman" v start suddenly, as from fright throw quickly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shy \Shy\ (sh[imac]), a. [Compar. {Shier} (-[etil]r) or {Shyer}; superl. {Shiest} or {Shyest}.] [OE. schey, skey, sceouh, AS. sce[a2]h; 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shy \Shy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shying}.] [From {Shy}, a.] To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shy \Shy\, v. t. To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper. --T. Hughes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shy \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shy \Shy\, a. Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players. [Slang]