slovo | definícia |
shy (encz) | shy,nesmělý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
shy (encz) | shy,ostýchavý adj: luno |
shy (encz) | shy,plachý adj: |
shy (encz) | shy,stydlivý adj: |
Shy (gcide) | Shy \Shy\ (sh[imac]), a. [Compar. Shier (sh[imac]"[~e]r) or
Shyer; superl. Shiest or Shyest.] [OE. schey, skey,
sceouh, AS. sce['o]h; 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.
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The horses of the army . . . were no longer shy, but
would come up to my very feet without starting.
--Swift.
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2. Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
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What makes you so shy, my good friend? There's
nobody loves you better than I. --Arbuthnot.
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The embarrassed look of shy distress
And maidenly shamefacedness. --Wordsworth.
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3. Cautious; wary; suspicious.
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I am very shy of using corrosive liquors in the
preparation of medicines. --Boyle.
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Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of
thier successors. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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4. Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy
two players.[Slang]
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5. (Poker), owing money to the pot; -- in cases where an
opponent's bet has exceeded a player's available stake or
chips, but the player chooses to continue playing the hand
before adding the required bet to the pot. [Slang]
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To fight shy. See under Fight, v. i.
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Shy (gcide) | Shy \Shy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shying.] [From Shy, a.]
To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said
especially of horses.
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Shy (gcide) | Shy \Shy\, v. t.
To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone;
to shy a slipper. --T. Hughes.
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Shy (gcide) | Shy \Shy\, n.
1. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
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2. A side throw; a throw; a fling. --Thackeray.
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If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must,
it seems, have a shy at somebody. --Punch.
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shy (wn) | shy
adj 1: lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident
and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid
responses"; "a very unsure young man" [syn: diffident,
shy, timid, unsure] [ant: confident]
2: short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen"
3: wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things;
"shy of strangers"
n 1: a quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first
baseman"
v 1: start suddenly, as from fright
2: throw quickly |
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ashy (encz) | ashy,popelavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bolshy (encz) | bolshy,buřičský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (encz) | bright-eyed and bushy-tailed,plný života n: Zdeněk Brož |
brushy (encz) | brushy,kartáčovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bushy (encz) | bushy,huňatý adj: Zdeněk Brožbushy,chundelatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cushy (encz) | cushy,pohodlné např. zaměstnání n: Zdeněk Brož |
dishy (encz) | dishy,báječný adj: Zdeněk Broždishy,fantastický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
feel shy (encz) | feel shy,stydět se |
fishy (encz) | fishy,podezřelý adj: Zdeněk Brožfishy,pochybný adj: Zdeněk Brožfishy,rybí Zdeněk Brož |
flashy (encz) | flashy,blýskavý adj: Zdeněk Brožflashy,křiklavý adj: Zdeněk Brožflashy,nevkusně okázalý Zdeněk Brožflashy,okázalý Zdeněk Brožflashy,třpytivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fleshy (encz) | fleshy,dužnatý adj: [bot.] o plodech Jirka Daněkfleshy,korpulentní adj: Zdeněk Brožfleshy,masitý adj: Zdeněk Brožfleshy,tělnatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
gun-shy (encz) | gun-shy, |
gushy (encz) | gushy,sentimentální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
marshy (encz) | marshy,bažinatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
mushy (encz) | mushy,kašovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
mushy peas (encz) | mushy peas, n: |
plushy (encz) | plushy,luxusní adj: Zdeněk Brožplushy,přepychový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pushy (encz) | pushy,ctižádostivý adj: [hovor.] PetrVpushy,vlezlý adj: PetrV |
rubbishy (encz) | rubbishy,mizerný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rushy (encz) | rushy, |
shy (encz) | shy,nesmělý adj: Zdeněk Brožshy,ostýchavý adj: lunoshy,plachý adj: shy,stydlivý adj: |
shy away (encz) | shy away,schoulit se v: PetrVshy away,vyhnout se v: PetrV |
shy away from (encz) | shy away from, v: |
shy person (encz) | shy person, n: |
shyer (encz) | shyer,bázlivější adj: Zdeněk Brožshyer,plašší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
shyest (encz) | shyest,nejnesmělejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
shylock (encz) | Shylock, |
shylockian (encz) | Shylockian, |
shyly (encz) | shyly,plaše adv: Zdeněk Brož |
shyness (encz) | shyness,plachost shyness,stud |
shyster (encz) | shyster,podvodný právník Zdeněk Brož |
skooshy (encz) | skooshy,jemný adj: Vladislav Kalina |
slushy (encz) | slushy,blátivý adj: Zdeněk Brožslushy,břečkovitý adj: Zdeněk Brožslushy,rozbředlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
splashy (encz) | splashy,cákající adj: Zdeněk Brožsplashy,pocákaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
squashy (encz) | squashy,houbovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
squishy (encz) | squishy,rozmačkaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
swishy (encz) | swishy,šumivý adj: Zdeněk Brožswishy,šustivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
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