be+shy+of

  • 21shy — ‘timid, reserved’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skeukhwaz ‘afraid’ (source also of English eschew and skew). It is generally assumed that shy ‘throw’ [18] must have come from it, but the exact nature of the relationship between the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22shy — ‘timid, reserved’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skeukhwaz ‘afraid’ (source also of English eschew and skew). It is generally assumed that shy ‘throw’ [18] must have come from it, but the exact nature of the relationship between the… …

    Word origins

  • 23shy of something — phrase slightly less than, slightly earlier than, or a short distance from something They scored just shy of 100 goals last year. I called him only two minutes shy of midnight. Thesaurus: not enoughsynonym Main entry: shy …

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  • 24shy|er — shy|er1 «SHY uhr», noun. a horse that shies. Also, shier. shy|er2 «SHY uhr», noun. a person who shies (throws). Also, shier …

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  • 25shy|lock — «SHY lok», noun. 1. the relentless and vengeful moneylender in Shakespeare s play The Merchant of Venice. 2. a greedy moneylender. 3. any moneylender. shy|lock «SHY lok», intransitive verb. to lend money at an excessively high or unlawful rate of …

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  • 26Shy|lock — «SHY lok», noun. 1. the relentless and vengeful moneylender in Shakespeare s play The Merchant of Venice. 2. a greedy moneylender. 3. any moneylender. shy|lock «SHY lok», intransitive verb. to lend money at an excessively high or unlawful rate of …

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  • 27Shy — 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. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28Shy — Shy, n. 1. A sudden start aside, as by a horse. [1913 Webster] 2. A side throw; a throw; a fling. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody. Punch. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29SHY — steht für: Sky Airlines, ICAO Code Milton Shy (1919–1967), US amerikanischer Neurologe shy steht für: Weiches Trennzeichen (soft hyphen); HTML Entity Diese Seite ist eine Begriffs …

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  • 30Shy FX — es el seudónimo de Andre Williams, un músico inglés de drum and bass natural de Londres. Shy FX es uno de los pioneros del jungle y del ragga jungle con alguno de los primeros discos del género como Jungle Love de 1992. Se hizo muy conocido… …

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