Definition of shy

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Shy (superl.) Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.

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Malaria :: Malaria (n.) Air infected with some noxious substance capable of engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils, as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers; miasma..
Flashy :: Flashy (a.) Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.
Coy :: Coy (a.) Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry..
Startled :: Startish (a.) Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse.
Shy :: Shy (v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper..
Apple :: Apple (n.) The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.
Yamp :: Yamp (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its small fleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to California..
Tuber :: Tuber (n.) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous..
Mesembryanthemum :: Mesembryanthemum (n.) A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and f/eshy. The flowers usually open about midday, whence the name..
Fat :: Fat (a.) To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep..
Flashy :: Flashy (a.) Without taste or spirit.
Bushy :: Bushy (a.) Thick and spreading, like a bush..
Carnosity :: Carnosity (n.) Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent..
Bosky :: Bosky (a.) Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets.
Stephanotis :: Stephanotis (n.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes..
Tanate :: Tanate (n.) An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog..
Comb :: Comb (n.) The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red.
Wiery :: Wiery (a.) Wet; moist; marshy.
Swashed :: Swash (v. t.) Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy..
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