Definition of shy

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Shy (n.) A side throw; a throw; a fling.

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Washy :: Washy (a.) Watery; damp; soft.
Brush :: Brush (n.) The bushy tail of a fox.
Trashiness :: Trashiness (n.) The quality or state of being trashy.
Shy :: Shy (superl.) Cautious; wary; suspicious.
Plantain :: Plantain (n.) The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked..
Shy :: Shy (a.) To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
Spadix :: Spadix (n.) A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe..
Meshy :: Meshy (a.) Formed with meshes; netted.
Shy :: Shy (superl.) Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird..
Spiculate :: Spiculate (a.) Covered with minute spiculae, or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small spikelets..
Lip :: Lip (n.) One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself..
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor..
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..
Radish :: Radish (n.) The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant..
Pinesap :: Pinesap (n.) A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic..
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..
Trashily :: Trashily (adv.) In a trashy manner.
Wiery :: Wiery (a.) Wet; moist; marshy.
Samphire :: Samphire (n.) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles..
Pulpy :: Pulpy (n.) Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry..
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