Definition of shy

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Shy (a.) To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.

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Chap :: Chap (n.) One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings..
Squat :: Squashy (a.) Easily squashed; soft.
Bladderwort :: Bladderwort (n.) A genus (Utricularia) of aquatic or marshy plants, which usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See Ascidium..
Marshy :: Marshy (a.) Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed..
Shy :: Shy (superl.) Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
Fat :: Fat (a.) To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep..
Tod :: Tod (n.) A fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail.
Shily :: Shily (adv.) See Shyly.
Rushy :: Rushy (a.) Made of rushes.
Sphagnum :: Sphagnum (n.) A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.
Deer's-tongue :: Deer's-tongue (n.) A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla.
Pepo :: Pepo (n.) Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd. See Gourd..
Sempervivum :: Sempervivum (n.) A genus of fleshy-leaved plants, of which the houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) is the commonest species..
Maikel :: Maikel (n.) A South American carnivore of the genus Conepatus, allied to the skunk, but larger, and having a longer snout. The tail is not bushy..
Fat :: Fat (superl.) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox..
Anatifa :: Anatifa (n.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia..
Flank :: Flank (n.) The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef..
Obese :: Obese (a.) Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.
Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant..
Plump :: Plump (adv.) Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks..
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