shy

-1 n. திடீரென விலகல், வெட்டி விலகுதல், (பெ.) நாணமுடைய, அவைக்கூச்சமுடைய, அறைப்புடைய, ஒதுங்கும் இயல்புடைய, விலங்கு-புள் வகையில் அச்ச இயல்புடைய, எளிதில் கலவரமடைகிற, வெட்கமுறுகிற, புறங்காணப்படவிரும்பாத, பழகவிரும்பாத, ஒட்டாது விலகிச்செல்லும் இயல்புடைய, கூட்டத்-2 n. எறிவு, (வினை.) எறி, வீசியெறி, அடையமுயலு.

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Shy, a. [Compar. Shier or Shyer; superl. Shiest or Shyest.] Etym: [OE. schey, skey, sceouh, AS. sceóh; 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.] Defn: To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses. Shy, v. t. Defn: 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. Shy, a. [Compar. Shier or Shyer; superl. Shiest or Shyest.] Etym: [OE. schey, skey, sceouh, AS. sceóh; 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.] Defn: To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses. Shy, v. t. Defn: 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.