A1verb · transitive · common

shy

shy · shies · shied · shying

почати, починати, початися

отскочить, отпрянуть, прянуть, прядать

starten, anfangen, beginnen

To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidnessTo avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.

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/ʃaɪ/

» Tom is rather shy, isn't he?

Том досить-таки сором'язливий, так? — deniko

Том доволі сором'язливий, так? — deniko

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Meaning

5 senses

(intransitive)To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.
(intransitive)To jump back in fear.
The horse shied at the unexpected approach of a motor vehicle.
отпря́нутьotprjánutʹ, отскочи́тьotskočítʹ, пря́нутьprjánutʹ
(transitive)To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
to shy a stone
shy a slipper
throw quickly
(Scotland, intransitive, transitive)To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match.
(Scotland)To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.

Examples

832 sentences

Tom is rather shy, isn't he?
Том досить-таки сором'язливий, так? — deniko
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Tom is pretty shy, isn't he?
Том досить-таки сором'язливий, так? — deniko
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Tom is quite shy, isn't he?
Том досить-таки сором'язливий, так? — deniko
deTom ist ziemlich schüchtern, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth
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Mary is a very shy girl.
Мері — дуже сором'язлива дівчина. — deniko
ruМэри очень застенчивая девушка. — odexed
deMaria ist ein sehr scheues Mädchen. — Yorwba
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Tom is a very shy boy.
Том дуже сором'язливий хлопець. — deniko
ruТом очень застенчивый мальчик. — marafon
deTom ist ein sehr schüchterner Junge. — wolfgangth
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to jump back in fear:

Origin

From Middle English shy (“shy”), from Old English sċēoh (“shy”), from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English shy (“shy”), from Old English sċēoh (“shy”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh (“shy, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, fearful”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skjou (“shy”), Dutch schuw (“shy”), German scheu (“shy”), Danish sky (“shy”).

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