Definitions for shied

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Spelling: [shahyd]

IPA: /ʃaɪd/

Shied is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in shied (dehis).

Definitions for shied

noun

1. a sudden start aside, as in fear.
2. a quick, sudden throw.
3. Informal. a gibe or sneer. a try.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of shy1 .
2. simple past tense and past participle of shy2 .

Idioms

1. fight shy of, to keep away from; avoid:

adjective

1. bashful; retiring.
2. easily frightened away; timid.
3. suspicious; distrustful:
4. reluctant; wary.
5. deficient:
6. scant; short of a full amount or number:
7. (in poker) indebted to the pot.
8. not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals.

verb (used without object)

1. (especially of a horse) to start back or aside, as in fear.
2. to draw back; recoil.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to throw with a swift, sudden movement:

Origin of shied

before 1000; late Middle English schey (adj.), early Middle English scheowe, Old English scēoh; cognate with Middle High German schiech; akin to Dutch schuw, German scheu; cf. Examples for shied

“Investors who are seeking a positive return on their funds have shied away from bond markets,” the council said.

I included an anodyne letter, but I shied away from saying what I should have said.

Still, DHS has shied away from publicizing these homegrown threats despite such compelling data.

Paul has mostly talked about religious liberty, and Christie has shied away from the issue almost altogether.

The stable-hands all seemed to know Pinckney and to be proud of it, but they shied some at Rajah and me.

After his shocking split from the white-power movement he was born into, 24-year-old Derek Black shied away from the media.

They seemed to be numerous, for she shied at every shadow on the road.

The horse saw me appear directly in front of him, shied and reared.

He shied the book into a corner, drew off his boots and cast them into the hall.

When he joined her, the pony, whose reins had been tied to the pack, snorted and shied.