Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shy
Participle: shied
Gerund: shying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | shy |
| you | shy |
| he;she;it | shies |
| we | shy |
| you | shy |
| they | shy |
Perfect
| I | have shied |
| you | have shied |
| he;she;it | has shied |
| we | have shied |
| you | have shied |
| they | have shied |
Past
| I | shied |
| you | shied |
| he;she;it | shied |
| we | shied |
| you | shied |
| they | shied |
Pluperfect
| I | had shied |
| you | had shied |
| he;she;it | had shied |
| we | had shied |
| you | had shied |
| they | had shied |
Future
| I | will shy |
| you | will shy |
| he;she;it | will shy |
| we | will shy |
| you | will shy |
| they | will shy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shied |
| you | will have shied |
| he;she;it | will have shied |
| we | will have shied |
| you | will have shied |
| they | will have shied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shy |
| you | shy |
| he;she;it | shy |
| we | shy |
| you | shy |
| they | shy |
Perfect
| I | have shied |
| you | have shied |
| he;she;it | have shied |
| we | have shied |
| you | have shied |
| they | have shied |
Imperfect
| I | shied |
| you | shied |
| he;she;it | shied |
| we | shied |
| you | shied |
| they | shied |
Pluperfect
| I | had shied |
| you | had shied |
| he;she;it | had shied |
| we | had shied |
| you | had shied |
| they | had shied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shy |
| you | would shy |
| he;she;it | would shy |
| we | would shy |
| you | would shy |
| they | would shy |
Perfect
| I | would have shied |
| you | would have shied |
| he;she;it | would have shied |
| we | would have shied |
| you | would have shied |
| they | would have shied |
Imperative
| you | shy |
| we | Let's shy |
| you | shy |
Verbs conjugated like 'shy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shy'
say,
sny,
spy,
sty,
ah,
ahh,
ahoy,
ash,
bay,
boy,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause an object to move rapidly through the air
- cast, chuck, feck, fling, hurl, launch, lob, pitch, skew, sling, throw, toss
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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”). See: Danish '
sky'.
Verbs referencing "shy"
English
skive.
Sample Sentences
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[...] pretty quick, to keep himself upon the box. Nor was there any reason to dread the least danger from furious driving, inasmuch as over that broken ground the horses had enough to do to walk; as to shying, there was no room for that; and a herd of wild elephants could not have run away in such a wood, with such a coach at their heels. So we stumbled along, quite satisfied.
(American Notes for General Circulation)