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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Press :: Press (n.) An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black..
Soil :: Soil (n.) A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer..
Plump :: Plump (adv.) Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks..
Shock :: Shock (a.) Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair..
Sempervivum :: Sempervivum (n.) A genus of fleshy-leaved plants, of which the houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) is the commonest species..
Slumpy :: Slumpy (a.) Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy.
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Marshy :: Marshy (a.) Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed..
Blushy :: Blushy (a.) Like a blush; having the color of a blush; rosy.
Fleshy :: Fleshy (superl.) Human.
Sarcous :: Sarcous (a.) Fleshy; -- applied to the minute structural elements, called sarcous elements, or sarcous disks, of which striated muscular fiber is composed..
Plashy :: Plashy (a.) Specked, as if plashed with color..
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Brush :: Brush (n.) The bushy tail of a fox.
Flashy :: Flashy (a.) Without taste or spirit.
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Tongue-shaped :: Tongue-shaped (a.) Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf..
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