shyed.html - See: ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY and BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE.

shyed.html - {v.} To avoid; seem frightened or nervous. * /The boys shied away from our questions./ * /The horse shied off when Johnny tried to mount it./

shyed.html - adj., v., & n. --adj.

(shyer, shyest or shier, shiest)
1 a diffident or uneasy in company; timid. b (of an animal, bird, etc.) easily startled; timid.
2 (foll. by of) avoiding; chary of (shy of his aunt; shy of going to meetings).
3 (in comb.) showing fear of or distaste for (gun-shy; work-shy).
4 (often foll. by of, on) colloq. having lost; short of (I'm shy three quid; shy of the price of admission).

--v.

intr. (shies, shied)
1 (usu. foll. by at) (esp. of a horse) start suddenly aside (at an object, noise, etc.) in fright.
2 (usu. foll. by away from, at) avoid accepting or becoming involved in (a proposal etc.) in alarm.

--n.

a sudden startled movement.

shyer n. shyly adv. (also shily). shyness n. [OE sceoh f. Gmc]

shyed.html - v. & n.
--v.

tr. (shies, shied) (also absol.) fling or throw (a stone etc.).

--n.

the act or an instance of shying.

have a shy at colloq.
1 try to hit with a stone etc.
2 make an attempt at.
3 jeer at.

shyer n. [18th c.: orig. unkn.]

shyed.html - n.
a hard-hearted money-lender; a miser. [character in Shakesp. Merchant of Venice]

shyed.html - n.
esp. US colloq. a person, esp. a lawyer, who uses unscrupulous methods. [19th c.: orig. uncert.]