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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Shier (0.01016 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Shier.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: shier shy v 1: start suddenly, as from fight 2: throw quickly [also: shied, shyest, shyer, shiest, shier] 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, timid, unsure] 2: easily startled or frightened 3: short; “eleven is one shy of a dozen” [syn: shy(p)] 4: wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; “shy of strangers” [also: shied, shyest, shyer, shiest, shier] shy n : a quick throw; “he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman” [also: shied, shyest, shyer, shiest, shier] shier See shy
English → English (gcide) Definition: Shier 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. [1913 Webster] The horses of the army . . . were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach. [1913 Webster] What makes you so shy, my good friend? There's nobody loves you better than I. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] The embarrassed look of shy distress And maidenly shamefacedness. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 3. Cautious; wary; suspicious. [1913 Webster] I am very shy of using corrosive liquors in the preparation of medicines. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of thier successors. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] 4. Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players.[Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 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] [PJC] To fight shy. See under Fight, v. i. [1913 Webster]
English → English (WordNet) Definition: shier shy v 1: start suddenly, as from fight 2: throw quickly [also: shied, shyest, shyer, shiest, shier] 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, timid, unsure] 2: easily startled or frightened 3: short; “eleven is one shy of a dozen” [syn: shy(p)] 4: wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; “shy of strangers” [also: shied, shyest, shyer, shiest, shier] shy n : a quick throw; “he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman” [also: shied, shyest, shyer, shiest, shier] shier See shy
English → English (gcide) Definition: Shier 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. [1913 Webster] The horses of the army . . . were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach. [1913 Webster] What makes you so shy, my good friend? There's nobody loves you better than I. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] The embarrassed look of shy distress And maidenly shamefacedness. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 3. Cautious; wary; suspicious. [1913 Webster] I am very shy of using corrosive liquors in the preparation of medicines. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of thier successors. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] 4. Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players.[Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 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] [PJC] To fight shy. See under Fight, v. i. [1913 Webster]
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