Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shy away from
Participle: shied away from
Gerund: shying away from
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | shy away from |
| you | shy away from |
| he;she;it | shies away from |
| we | shy away from |
| you | shy away from |
| they | shy away from |
Perfect
| I | have shied away from |
| you | have shied away from |
| he;she;it | has shied away from |
| we | have shied away from |
| you | have shied away from |
| they | have shied away from |
Past
| I | shied away from |
| you | shied away from |
| he;she;it | shied away from |
| we | shied away from |
| you | shied away from |
| they | shied away from |
Pluperfect
| I | had shied away from |
| you | had shied away from |
| he;she;it | had shied away from |
| we | had shied away from |
| you | had shied away from |
| they | had shied away from |
Future
| I | will shy away from |
| you | will shy away from |
| he;she;it | will shy away from |
| we | will shy away from |
| you | will shy away from |
| they | will shy away from |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shied away from |
| you | will have shied away from |
| he;she;it | will have shied away from |
| we | will have shied away from |
| you | will have shied away from |
| they | will have shied away from |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shy away from |
| you | shy away from |
| he;she;it | shy away from |
| we | shy away from |
| you | shy away from |
| they | shy away from |
Perfect
| I | have shied away from |
| you | have shied away from |
| he;she;it | have shied away from |
| we | have shied away from |
| you | have shied away from |
| they | have shied away from |
Imperfect
| I | shied away from |
| you | shied away from |
| he;she;it | shied away from |
| we | shied away from |
| you | shied away from |
| they | shied away from |
Pluperfect
| I | had shied away from |
| you | had shied away from |
| he;she;it | had shied away from |
| we | had shied away from |
| you | had shied away from |
| they | had shied away from |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shy away from |
| you | would shy away from |
| he;she;it | would shy away from |
| we | would shy away from |
| you | would shy away from |
| they | would shy away from |
Perfect
| I | would have shied away from |
| you | would have shied away from |
| he;she;it | would have shied away from |
| we | would have shied away from |
| you | would have shied away from |
| they | would have shied away from |
Imperative
| you | shy away from |
| we | Let's shy away from |
| you | shy away from |
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)